The Effect of Methylphenidate on Cervical Vertebral Maturation and Dental Age in Patients with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

The patients’ dental age and skeletal stage have been used as the main indicators of skeletal growth and maturation stage in dental clinics.[ 28 - 29 ] These variables were found to be more valid than the chronological age and assessment of secondary sexual characteristics of patients in clinical setup.[ 30 ] As stated in the literature, a highly significant statistical correlation was found between bone age assessed from hand-wrist radiographs by using Björk’s method and bone age assessed from cephalometric radiographs by using the method described by Baccetti et al .[ 31 ] Therefore, the analysis of cervical vertebrae in cephalometric radiographs appears to be the most desirable method of bone age assessment.

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