Allometry refers to the size-related changes of morphological traits and remains an essential
concept for the study of evolution and development. This review is the first systematic …

Objective: To identify and review the literature regarding the reliability of cervical vertebrae
maturation (CVM) staging to predict the pubertal spurt. Materials and Methods: The selection …

La morfometría es el estudio de la covariación de la forma con factores subyacentes. Su
desarrollo en las últimas décadas ha alcanzado áreas de la biología tradicionalmente …

Objective: To evaluate the validity and reliability of the cervical vertebral maturation (CVM)
method with a longitudinal sample. Materials and Methods: Eighty-six cephalograms from 18 …

Introduction The aim of this study was to examine the agreement of skeletal age assessment
based on hand-wrist radiographs with cephalogram-based cervical vertebrae evaluation. To …

During human evolution there has been an increase in the size of the brain and the cranium,
whereas the size of the face, as well as the size and number of teeth have decreased. In …

The present study aimed to evaluate the performance of automated skeletal maturation
assessment system for Fishman's skeletal maturity indicators (SMI) for the use in dental …

Objectives To investigate the anteroposterior and vertical changes of the median rugae
area, which is commonly used as dental model superimposition reference, relevant to its …

The Cervical Vertebral Maturation (CVM) method aims to determine the craniofacial skeletal
maturational stage, which is crucial for orthodontic and orthopedic treatment. In this paper …

Recent advances in geometric morphometrics provide improved techniques for extraction of
biological information from shape and have greatly contributed to the study of …