Abstract

PAEZ, Rafael G et al. Repercusión del estado nutricional en el desarrollo dentario y esqueletal de escolares de tucumán, argentina: Año 2004. Acta odontol. venez [online]. 2008, vol.46, n.3, pp.315-318. ISSN 0001-6365.

The objective was to determine children nutritional status and to associate chronological age to the skeletal and dental maduration status. In order to determine nutritional status of students, it was used a table for normal growing and development of weight and height for argentine children (Lejarraga, 1977). Skeletal madurative state was obtained using a wrist radiography which were compared with others included in the Atlas of Skeletal Development of the Hand and Wrist of Greulich and Pyle. Dental age was determined using dental radiograph of lower canine and compared with standards in the Table of dental Development Stages of Haaviko No significant difference was found between chronological, dental and skeletal age between groups. ANOVA P=0,76; P=0,17; P=0,50 respectively. For this population, skeletal age of malnourished children is significativelly lower than chronological age. For eutrophic children, dental age appeared significativelly lower than chronological age.

Keywords : Desnutridos; edad ósea; edad dentaria.