Comparison of second molar eruption patterns in patients with skeletal Class II and skeletal Class I malocclusions.

Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop

Department of Orthodontics, HU-Hadassah SDM, Jerusalem, Israel.

Published: December 2006

Introduction: The eruptive positions of the second molars in Class I and Class II malocclusions were studied.

Methods: Pretreatment records of 221 patients with a mean age of 11.3 years were evaluated. About 19% of them had skeletal Class I, 31% had skeletal maxillary Class II, and 50% had skeletal mandibular Class II malocclusions.

Results: The mean values of the dental and chronologic ages of the subjects were similar. The eruptive positions in relation to a reference line, the developmental stages of the patients' second molars and dental ages were recorded from the panoramic roentgenograms. The distribution of the various developmental stages in each malocclusion group was similar, and no association between skeletal malocclusion and dental developmental stage of the second molars was encountered. The eruptive position of the maxillary second molars was more occlusal only in the oldest maxillary Class II group, above 12 years of age (P = .02).

Conclusions: These results support, in part, previous reports suggesting that the maxillary second molars may erupt earlier in patients with skeletal maxillary Class II malocclusions.

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