DOI: 10.36347/sjds.2017.v04i03.010

Pages: 129-133

The aim of this study was to evaluate the peak timing of pubertal growth spurt among individuals who have different vertical and sagittal skeletal patterns. The samples were derived from lateral cephalometric and hand-wrist radiographs of 934 subjects. Lateral cephalometric and hand-wrist radiographs of 188 (102 females, 86 males) patients who were at MP3cap stage were chosen. Subjects were divided into three groups according to the sagittal (Class I: 4°≥ ANB ≥0°, Class II: ANB >4°, Class III: 0°> ANB) and three groups to the vertical skeletal relationships (Normal facial pattern: 38°≥ SN-GoGn ≥26°, high angle: SN-GoGn > 38°, low angle: 26°> SN-GoGn). Constitutions of the groups were carried out separately with respect to the gender. Chronological ages of the groups were analyzed statistically to detect the differences in terms of the peak timing of pubertal growth spurt between the groups. No statistically significant differences were detected among the groups (P˃0.05). There is no difference between the subjects who have different sagittal and vertical skeletal patterns in terms of the peak timing of the pubertal growth spurt.