20 August 2023 : Clinical Research
Correlation Between Third Molar Mineralization and Midpalatal Suture Maturity: A Cone Beam Computed Tomography Study
Simona Šefeldaitė1ABCDEF, Austėja Mitalauskienė1BCDF, Giedrė Trakinienė1E, Arunas Vasiliauskas
1DE, Kristina Lopatienė 1E, Tadas Venskutonis 2E*
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.940539
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e940539
Table 1 Frequency of midpalatal suture maturation stages in different patient age groups.
| MPSM stage | Age group | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <14y | 14–18y | 19–25y | >25y | ||
| AB | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| C | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| D | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 25 |
| E | 1 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 39 |
| MPSM – midpalatal suture’s maturation stage; y – years. | |||||