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Dental maturity in hypopituitarism, and dental response to substitution treatment
Author(s) -
MYLLÄRNIEMI SINIKKA,
LENKO HANNA LIISA,
PERHEENTUPA JAAKKO
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
european journal of oral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.802
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1600-0722
pISSN - 0909-8836
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0722.1978.tb00633.x
Subject(s) - hypopituitarism , medicine , dentistry , bone age , orthodontics
— In 25 patients with hypopituitarism the relation of skeletal and dental maturity and the effects on it of substitution therapy for 2–4 years were analyzed. Dental age was retarded less regularly and to a lesser degree than skeletal age and statural growth. In most patients dental age was within the range of 0–2 s.d. All components of dental development seemed equally retarded. Changes in dental delay during GH treatment were variable, but in most cases parallel to the changes in statural and skeletal delay. When treatment was discontinued the lag in dental age increased, showing a response similar to that of skeletal age.