New growth references for assessment of stature and skeletal maturation in Australians

Lin Ni-Hung; Ranjitkar Sarbin; Macdonald Ross; Hughes Toby; Taylor Jane A.; Townsend Grant C.

doi:10.2478/aoj-2006-0001

Australasian Orthodontic Journal (Dec 2023)

New growth references for assessment of stature and skeletal maturation in Australians

Lin Ni-Hung,
Ranjitkar Sarbin,
Macdonald Ross,
Hughes Toby,
Taylor Jane A.,
Townsend Grant C.

Affiliations

Lin Ni-Hung: *Dental School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
Ranjitkar Sarbin: *Dental School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
Macdonald Ross: †Dr Jones and Partners, Adelaide, Australia
Hughes Toby: *Dental School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
Taylor Jane A.: ‡Oral Health, The University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, Australia
Townsend Grant C.: *Dental School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-2006-0001
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 22, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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We have provided evidence of secular increases in stature and acceleration of skeletal maturation in Australian male children and young adults in recent decades, and relatively less prominent secular increases in stature in females.

Published in Australasian Orthodontic Journal

ISSN: 2207-7480 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Dentistry
Website: https://sciendo.com/it/journal/AOJ

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