Discriminatory ability of cervical vertebral maturation stages in predicting attainment of the legal age threshold of 14 years: A pilot study using lateral cephalograms.
Thirupathi Reddy BandaAnil Kumar KomuravelliSudheer Babu BallaBala Raju KorraiKavya AlluriJayasurya KondapaneniSourab AbhyankarPublished in: Imaging science in dentistry (2020)
Based on these findings, it can be concluded that the stages of CVM are of limited use for predicting the attainment of the legal age threshold of 14 years. Future studies should investigate whether combinations of skeletal and dental methods could achieve better accuracy and post-test probability.