Qassim University (Saudi Arabia) Orthodontic &Pediatric department Name of the research project: Development of the permanent dentition and validity of the Demirjian and Goldstein method for dental age estimation in sample of Saudi Arabian children Project Leader (Mentor): Prof. Ragia Elprince Description of the project: DA will be assessed twice from the panoramic radiographs using the method of (Demirjian
What practical skills and knowledge would the student
& Goldstein). In this method ,the individual radiographic
acquire during the research project? How he/she would
appearance of the seven permanent teeth (second molar to
design a research project ; how he/she read the literature
central incisor) on the left side of the mandible are evalu-
review ;
ated according to developmental criteria to score different stages of a permanent tooth calcification. The stage of each tooth will be converted to corresponding numeric value, and then all seven values will be added to obtain a dental maturity score, which corresponded to DA by using available tables. -- The standards are given for boys and girls separately. Using the above described method, a dental maturity score will be obtained and the DA will be determined for each subject in both groups and the differences between the chronological age CA & DA demonstrated the delay or acceleration in dental maturity. What will be the student’s involvement within the research project? Reading articles and data collection
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Is there any special knowledge, skills or certain level of studies required? : No Language(s) of use: English Minimum number of weeks to participate: 2 weeks Hours of work per day: 4 hours Available months: 14-29/5/2013 Students to be accepted: 2 students Contact: Murad Alrsheedi - National Scientific Officer, Saudi Arabia email address: murad.alrsheedi@qudent.org Explore, Discover, Improve