Midpalatal Suture Ossification and Skeletal Maturation: A Comparative Computerized Tomographic Scan and Roentgenographic Study

• Main Authors: Manish Thadani (Author), Usha Shenoy (Author), Bhaskar Patle (Author), Anshu Kalra (Author), Shirish Goel (Author), N Toshinawal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

The main aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the ossification of the midpalatal suture using cross-sectional maxillary occlusal radiograph and computerized tomographic scan of the hard palate in the axial direction. The percentage of the ossification thus obtained was correlated with the s...