Effect of body mass index percentile on skeletal maturation of cervical vertebrae and hand-wrist and dental maturation

Determination of the influence of body mass percentile on mandibular canine calcification stages among 5-17 years old Northern Nigerian children

“…There is general consensus among several authors that there is a tendency towards advanced dental development when there is an increase in the BMI-percentile on the contrary, they differ with regard to the level of statistical significance of the predictive effects. 14,15,19,22,26 While finding in the present study is consistent with the observations made by some authors, 21,22,26 it is at variance with other researchers that reported BMI-percentile as a significant predictor of dental maturation. 13,[18][19][20] This present study apart from having lower study participants focused majorly on the calcification stages of the right mandibular canine while the study conducted by Mack et al 19 and DuPlessis et al 20 calculated the actual dental maturity score and the corresponding dental age of the participants using the Demirjian method which involve the use of seven teeth.…”

“…15 The findings in the present study corroborate the observation made by the authors. 15 Findings in the current study differ from previous reports made by Mack et al 19 and Erhamza et al 22 where it was observed that gender played a significant predicting role in determining the outcome of the dental development.…”

“…18 The effect of BMI-percentile on dental maturation have been observed to be dichotomous among researchers. [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] While some researchers observed BMI-percentile to have a statistically significant explanatory effect on dental maturation, [18][19][20] some others have reported nonstatistically significant explanatory effects. 21,22 The effect of increased BMI-percentile on orthodontic tooth movement is still considered controversial among researchers.…”

“…[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] While some researchers observed BMI-percentile to have a statistically significant explanatory effect on dental maturation, [18][19][20] some others have reported nonstatistically significant explanatory effects. 21,22 The effect of increased BMI-percentile on orthodontic tooth movement is still considered controversial among researchers. 23 There is no doubt that fluctuation in BMI-percentile can influence dental development.…”