Open AccessEvaluation of dental and bone age in iron-deficient anemic children of South India
Author(s) -
Vinod Kumar,
Harish Haridas,
Prahlad Hunsigi,
Umar Farooq,
Sridhar Reddy Erugula,
Kranti K.R Ealla
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/2231-0762.192937
Subject(s) - medicine , bone age , anemia , age groups , dentistry , pediatrics , demography , sociology
Dental and bone age is very essential for the dental practitioner in planning treatments and is an extra source of information for the pediatrician, orthopedician, and endocrinologist. There are few published data regarding collation between dental age, bone age, and chronological age in iron-deficiency anemic children. This study has been undertaken to evaluate and compare dental age, bone age, and chronological age in children with iron-deficiency anemia.