Anderson D L, Thompson G W, Popovich F
Growth. 1975 Dec;39(4):453-62.
The correlations of dental mineralization stages, skeletal mineralization, body-height and weight were determined for each year between age 4 and 14 for 121 boys and 111 girls of the serial experimental group of the Burlington Growth Centre. Dental development related more strongly to morphological development than to skeletal development in both sexes, and skeletal age was more strongly related to morphological age than to dental stage. The relationship of individual teeth to skeletal age, height and weight were different but consistent in a sex-specific pattern. In males, both skeletal mineralization and dental mineralization, particularly of the first molars, were more closely related to height than to weight. In the females, skeletal and dental mineralization, especially of the second molars, were more closely related to weight from age 7 than to height. These relationships were significant in both pre-adolescent and adolescent years. In both these periods, skeletal age and body size related most strongly to late stages of tooth formation. Hence, from an early age, the stages of dental, skeletal and morphological maturation were significantly interrelated in a pattern that was specific for individual teeth and for sex.
对伯灵顿生长中心系列实验组的121名男孩和111名女孩，测定了4至14岁各年龄段的牙齿矿化阶段、骨骼矿化、身高和体重之间的相关性。在两性中，牙齿发育与形态发育的相关性比与骨骼发育的相关性更强，骨骼年龄与形态年龄的相关性比与牙齿阶段的相关性更强。各个牙齿与骨骼年龄、身高和体重的关系有所不同，但在性别特异性模式上是一致的。在男性中，骨骼矿化和牙齿矿化，尤其是第一恒磨牙的矿化，与身高的关系比与体重的关系更密切。在女性中，从7岁起，骨骼和牙齿矿化，尤其是第二恒磨牙的矿化，与体重的关系比与身高的关系更密切。这些关系在青春期前和青春期都很显著。在这两个时期，骨骼年龄和身体大小与牙齿形成的后期阶段关系最为密切。因此，从幼年起，牙齿、骨骼和形态成熟阶段就以一种特定于个别牙齿和性别的模式显著相互关联。
