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Nayha Enver¹, Asmi Shaheen¹, Fasila Rashid¹, Muhammad Azeem¹, Asad Ur Rehman² and Samina Qadir¹

ABSTRACT

Objective: To determine the correlation between maxillary canine stages and age and gender

Study Design: Cross Sectional Study

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Department of Orthodontics, de’Mont, Lahore, from March 2022 to October 2022.

Materials and Methods: The study was conducted after obtaining informed consent and institutional ethics approval. We obtained panoramic radiographs to find out the phases of mineralization of upper canine so that correlation can be find out with age and gender.

Results: Descriptive statistics of age and mineralization of maxillary canine were calculated. Frequency of gender was also calculated. Results of Spearman Coefficient of Correlation showed a weak linear relationship between age gender and mineralization of maxillary canine. 

Conclusion: Correlating age and gender with upper cuspid calcification stages is not an accurate method to find out skeletal maturity in orthodontic patients.

Key Words: Orthodontics; Peak puberty; Canine calcification stage

Citation of article: Enver N, Shaheen A, Rashid F, Azeem M, Rehman A, Qadir S. Skeletal Maturity Assessment Using Maxillary Canine Calcification Stages. Med Forum 2023;34(4):58-61.