Dental maturity vs. skeletal maturity: a cross-sectional comparison of mandibular canine development, CVMI, and salivary ALP activity in 8-15-year-old children.

Kelly Celina Tessie Monteiro Egipsy, Subramanya Shetty, Dilshad Umar, Sandeep Shetty

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Kelly Celina Tessie Monteiro EgipsyDept of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Yenepoya Dental College, Yenepoya (Deemed to Be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, 575018, India.

Subramanya ShettyDept of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Yenepoya Dental College, Yenepoya (Deemed to Be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, 575018, India.

Dilshad UmarDept of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Yenepoya Dental College, Yenepoya (Deemed to Be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, 575018, India. orthodil@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1130-9359

Sandeep ShettyDept of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Yenepoya Dental College, Yenepoya (Deemed to Be University), Mangalore, Karnataka, 575018, India.

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Radiographic assessments of pubertal growth (e.g., hand-wrist films, CVMI) are subjective and involve ionizing radiation. Total salivary alkaline phosphatase (ALP) offers a non-invasive alternative. To compare mandibular canine development with skeletal maturity indicators-CVMI and salivary ALP, cross-sectional study of 210 participants (8-15 years) was performed. Unstimulated saliva was analyzed for total ALP via kinetic spectrophotometry. CVMI (I-VI) and Demirjian Index (DI; F-H) were scored from routine radiographs under blinded consensus. Group differences used ANOVA with effect sizes, and associations used Fisher's exact with effect size. Mean age was 12.4 years (SD 1.68). ALP differed across CVMI stages (F(5,204) = 22.7, p < 0.001; η

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Age Determination by SkeletonAlkaline PhosphataseCuspidMandibleSalivaAdolescentAnalysis of VarianceChildCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMalePubertySpectrophotometryAlkaline PhosphataseAlkaline phosphataseBiomarkersCalcificationCervical vertebraeChronologicSalivaSkeletal

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DOI10.1007/s10266-025-01259-2

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