20 August 2023: Clinical Research
Correlation Between Third Molar Mineralization and Midpalatal Suture Maturity: A Cone Beam Computed Tomography Study
Simona Šefeldaitė 1ABCDEF , Austėja Mitalauskienė 1BCDF , Giedrė Trakinienė 1E , Arunas Vasiliauskas 1DE , Kristina Lopatienė 1E , Tadas Venskutonis 2EDOI: 10.12659/MSM.940539
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e940539
Table 2 Distribution of patients according to mandibular third-molar mineralization, age groups, and MPS maturation stages.
| M3 stage | Age group (y) | Average age y (SD) | MPSM stage | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <14 | 14–18 | 19–25 | >25 | AB | C | D | E | |||
| ABC | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11.58 (1.64) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| D | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13.95 (1.97) | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| E | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 16.25 (1.47) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| F | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17.42 (2.99) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| G | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 21.94 (4.88) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| H | 0 | 0 | 15 | 22 | 27.51 (5.26) | 0 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 37 |
| M3 stage – third-molar mineralization stage according to the Demirjian index; MPSM – midpalatal suture maturation stage; y – years. | ||||||||||