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The Verification of the Degree of Concordance of the SMI/CVMS Indexes in Evaluating the Pubertal Growth Stages—Longitudinal Study

The Verification of the Degree of Concordance of the SMI/CVMS Indexes in Evaluating the Pubertal... applied sciences Article The Verification of the Degree of Concordance of the SMI/CVMS Indexes in Evaluating the Pubertal Growth Stages—Longitudinal Study 1 1 2 1 , 3 Elena Galan , Andreea Raluca Hlatcu , Stefan Milicescu, Jr. , Elina Teodorescu *, Simina Neagoe and Ecaterina Ionescu Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania; elena.galan@umfcd.ro (E.G.); andreea.hlatcu@umfcd.ro (A.R.H.); ecaterina.ionescu@umfcd.ro (E.I.) Department of Dental Aesthetics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania; stefan.milicescu@umfcd.ro Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Titu Maiorescu University, 031593 Bucharest, Romania; chelarescu.simina@yahoo.com * Correspondence: elina.teodorescu@umfcd.ro Abstract: The research aims to verify the concordance between the skeletal maturity index (SMI) measured on the hand and wrist X-rays using Fishman method and the cervical vertebral maturation stage (CVMS), measured on the lateral cephalometric X-rays using Baccetti method. The concordance of the two indexes (SMI and CVMS) has been statistically verified with the help of the Cohen’s kappa coefficient, by relating them to the growth stages, within a longitudinal study done upon a group of 38 patients, 22 female and 16 male, aged between 8–18 y, the analyzed investigations being done in series, along the orthodontic treatment. The research showed a strong correlation between the SMI Citation: Galan, E.; Hlatcu, A.R.; and CVMS indexes within the analyzed group, confirmed by the obtained values (k = 0.84 for female Milicescu, S., Jr.; Teodorescu, E.; and k = 0.85 for male). Neagoe, S.; Ionescu, E. The Verification of the Degree of Concordance of the SMI/CVMS Keywords: cervical vertebra maturation stage; chronological age; biological age; hand-wrist maturation; Indexes in Evaluating the Pubertal skeletal maturity index Growth Stages—Longitudinal Study. Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 2783. https:// doi.org/10.3390/app12062783 1. Introduction Academic Editors: Joseph Nissan and Gavriel Chaushu The individual growth variations, observed at patients with the same chronological age, for both sexes, within the same family and even at dizygotic twins, led to the devel- Received: 6 February 2022 oping of the concept of biological age, which defines the path followed until reaching the Accepted: 7 March 2022 individual maturity. Published: 8 March 2022 Out of all the indicators of the biological age, the skeletal age is considered by most Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral authors as having the best accuracy. Determining the skeletal age using a hand X-ray is the with regard to jurisdictional claims in consecrated method and in the specialty literature there are numerous studies done upon published maps and institutional affil- different population groups, which shows it value and its applicability at a large scale [1–5]. iations. On the other hand, estimating the skeletal age by using the development of the cervical vertebrae is a rather recent method, compared to the use of the hand and wrist X-rays. This method gained many supporters, the motive of its popularity being the fact that the interpretation is being done on the lateral cephalogram, a routine investigation within the Copyright: © 2022 by the authors. orthodontic treatment, thus requiring no additional exposure of the patients to any other Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. X-rays [6,7]. This article is an open access article During the last decades, due to the popularization of the evaluation methods of the distributed under the terms and skeletal age through the analysis of the cervical vertebrae on the lateral cephalograms, conditions of the Creative Commons the doctors’ interest in the analysis of the cervical region on lateral X-rays increased. There Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ were authors who showed that the lateral cephalograms could be useful for evaluating 4.0/). the natural position of the head [8]. Furthermore, some associations were found between Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 2783. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12062783 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 2783 2 of 8 cervical vertebrae anomalies, such as the appearance of fusion in the cranio-facial syn- dromes and dental malocclusions [9]. Given the context of the existing correlation between malocclusion development at the level of the dento-maxillary apparatus and the devel- opment of the cervical vertebrae, there rises the legitimate question whether the CVMS indexes keep their validity during the orthodontic treatments that aim to correct the dento- maxillary anomalies. There exist in the specialty literature a series of studies that confirm the existing correspondence between the CVMS and SMI indexes during the stages of the pubertal growth [1–7,10–30]. Objectives: Prior to this study, a transversal study was done upon a group of 150 subjects (89 female and 61 male), aged between 8–18 y. Given the existing data in the specialty literature and the average age for reaching the skeletal maturity index SMI and cervical vertebral maturation stage CVMS within the researched group, a hypothesis was formu- lated, regarding the correspondence between the SMI and CVMS stages during the pubertal growth (Table 1) [23]. Table 1. Correspondence of the SMI and CVMS indexes according to the stages of growth and development. Growth Stage SMI CVMS Pre-pubertal stage 1,2,3,4 1,2 Pubertal stage 5,6,7 3 Post-pubertal stage 8,9,10,11 4,5 This hypothesis was statistically checked using the Cohen’s kappa coefficient and the results (k = 0.82 for the female and k = 0.67 for the male) confirmed the concordance of the SMI and CVMS indexes within the analyzed group and validated the correspondence hypothesis that has been formulated. Starting with this hypothesis, the present study aimed to verify this hypothesis within a longitudinal retrospective study, done upon a selected group, for which serial investi- gations were done along the orthodontic treatment. The results of the two studies were subsequently compared. Proving the correspondence of the SMI/CVMS indexes for a group of patients under- going an orthodontic treatment would confirm the clinical applicability of these indexes along the treatment. For realizing this study, the approval of the Committee for Research Ethics was received, as the study used existing investigations from previously created data bases [23]. 2. Materials and Methods The hypothesis was verified upon a mixed group of selected children and youths from Bucharest city and the adjacent area, comprised of 38 patients, 22 female and 16 male, aged between 8–18 y. The patients included in the group had dento-maxillary anomalies and had ongoing orthodontic treatments. The children from the research group had a good general health state, with no severe hormonal or growth problems. The final group is the result of a selection, for each of the participants in this ret- rospective study, of several moments of growth being investigated, in most cases 2 or 3 moments that were indicated by the therapeutic necessities. The investigations were not done periodically, at previously determined fixed dates. Within the analyzed investigation there were included X-rays showing different moments of evolution, quantified by the existence of some SMI and CVMS indexes with different values between the moments caught on the radiological film. A number of 59 sets of investigations were analyzed for the female (including a hand and wrist X-ray and a lateral cephalogram done at the same moment) and 44 sets for the male. Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 2783 3 of 8 Each participant in the study had at least 2 sets of investigations done, with a maximum of 5 sets, having one case with 5 sets for the female and one case with 5 sets for the male. The sets with 5 X-rays belong to patients with delays in the growth process, with treatments started at a young age and extended over a long period of time, as the parents wanted the cases resolved with no extractions and without having orthognatic surgery. Out of the 22 female patients, 13 had 2 sets of investigations done, 4 had 3, and, respectively, 4 sets and 1 female had 5 sets of investigations. Out of the 16 male patients included in the study group, 8 had 2 sets of investigations, 5 had 3, 2 had 4, and 1 had 5 serial investigations. For each participant in the study, the hand and wrist X-rays were analyzed using Fishaman method [4] and the lateral cephalograms were analyzed using Baccetti method [7]. All the analyzed X-rays were done at the same radiology center, in order to rule out the possible errors that could occur during the investigations. For this study, a number of 206 X-rays were analyzed, 103 hand X-rays, and 103 lateral cephalograms, on which the SMI and CVMS indexes were determined. One month apart, all the X-rays were reanalyzed, by the same examiner, under identical conditions to verify intraoperative repeatability. Later on, the correspondence between the SMI and CVMS indexes and the stages of the pubertal growth was analyzed and the existing correspondence was statistically evaluated: - The pre-pubertal stage has as corresponding indexes—SMI 1,2,3,4 and CVMS 1,2 - The pubertal stage, in which occurs the peak moment of growth, has as corresponding indexes—SMI 5,6,7 and CVMS 3 - The post-pubertal stage has as corresponding indexes—SMI 8,9,10,11–CVMS 4,5. The emitted hypothesis was statistically verified with the help of the Cohen’s kappa coefficient, after the conversion was done in the 3 phases for each SMI and CVMS stage. For the storing and statistical analysis of the data, there was used the Excel program in the Microsoft Office Professional plus 2016, to which the Real Statistics Resource pack was added. The collected data was statistically analyzed in a descriptive way and three statistical analyses were done for the verification of the hypothesis: - The Pearson parametric correlation test, in order to see the degree of association of the obtained values - The t test for pair measurements, in order to see whether there exist any systematical errors within the analyzed data - The Cohen’s kappa coefficient. 3. Results To assess the intra-operator repeatability, the collected data was checked by using the Cohen Kappa coefficient and the results obtained by the two measurements, done successively, one month apart by the same examiner under identical conditions, showed a perfect or almost perfect concordance (k = 0.972 for the skeletal maturity index SMI and k = 0.955 for the cervical vertebral maturation stage CVMS), which allowed the data to be used within the study. In the diagrams in the Figures 1 and 2, there is a presentation of the percentage distribution of the number of serial investigation sets within the two groups. In the diagrams in the Figures 3 and 4, one can see for the study group the distribution of the analyzed X-rays according to age for the two sexes. A large number of investigations were done in order to capture the modifications that occur in the growth process connected to the pubertal period. At the statistical analysis of the data, the Pearson parametric test confirms the existence of a strong correlation between the data analyzed for both groups (r = 0.94). The obtained value was higher in the case of both sexes in comparison to the one obtained in the transversal study. The results of the t tests for pair measurements confirmed the absence of systematic errors. The values obtained for the Cohen’s kappa coefficient show the existence Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 2783 4 of 8 Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, x FOR PEER REVIEW  4  of  8  of an almost perfect concordance for both sexes. For female, the value was k = 0.84 and for male k = 0.85 (Tables 2 and 3). Figure 1. The percentage distribution of the number of analyzed investigation sets within the group  Figure 1. The percentage distribution of the number of analyzed investigation sets within the group of females. Out of the 59 sets of investigations, 44% had 2 sets of investigations done, 20% had 3 sets,  of females. Out of the 59 sets of investigations, 44% had 2 sets of investigations done, 20% had 3 sets, 27% had 4 sets, and 9% had 5 sets (in the diagram 2RX, 3RX, 4RX, and 5RX represents the number  27% had 4 sets, and 9% had 5 sets (in the diagram 2RX, 3RX, 4RX, and 5RX represents the number of sets of radiological investigations). of sets of radiological investigations).  Figure Figur2. e 2. The The per per centage centage distribution  distribu of the tion number  of theof num analyzed ber of investigation  analyzed sets inve within stigat the ion gr sets oup within the group  of males. Out of the 44 sets of investigations, 37% had 2 sets of investigations done, 34% had 3 sets, of males. Out of the 44 sets of investigations, 37% had 2 sets of investigations done, 34% had 3 sets,  18% had 4 sets, and 11% had 5 sets (in the diagram 2RX, 3RX, 4RX, and 5RX represents the number of 18% had 4 sets, and 11% had 5 sets (in the diagram 2RX, 3RX, 4RX, and 5RX represents the number  sets of radiological investigations). of sets of radiological investigations).  In the diagrams in the Figures 3 and 4, one can see for the study group the distribu‐ tion of the analyzed X‐rays according to age for the two sexes. A large number of investi‐ gations were done in order to capture the modifications that occur in the growth process  connected to the pubertal period.  Figure 3. The distribution of the analyzed X-rays according to age groups within the group of females. Figure 3. The distribution of the analyzed X‐rays according to age groups within the group of fe‐ males.  Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 2783 5 of 8 Figure 4. The distribution of the analyzed X-rays according to age groups within the group of males. Table 2. The result of the Cohen’s kappa coefficient for the group of females. CVMS SMI 1 2 3 TOTAL 1 24 1 0 25 2 2 9 2 13 3 0 1 20 21 TOTAL 26 11 22 59 “1”, “2” and“3” represent pre-pubertal stage, pubertal stage and, respectively, post-pubertal stage. Table 3. The result of the Cohen’s kappa coefficient for the group of male. CVMS SMI 1 2 3 TOTAL 1 22 4 0 26 2 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 16 16 TOTAL 23 5 16 61 “1”, “2” and“3” represent pre-pubertal stage, pubertal stage and respectively post-pubertal stage. pa (denotes the percent agreement)—0.8983 pe (represent the Cohen’s chance-agreement probability)—0.360529 k—0.840962 a perfect or almost perfect accord. Pa (denotes the percent agreement)—0.8864 pe (represent the Cohen’s chance-agreement probability)—0.232196 k—0.852046 a perfect or almost perfect accord. The obtained values confirm the validity of the analyzed hypothesis and show the existent concordance of the SMI and CVMS indexes in the determination of the pubertal stages within the study group. The results are superior to those obtained in the transversal study, thus proving the existence of a stronger concordance between the analyzed data (Table 4) [23]. Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 2783 6 of 8 Table 4. Comparative analysis of the statistical data in the two studies. Value Obtained for Females Value Obtained for Males Statistic Test Transversal Longitudinal Transversal Longitudinal Study Study Study Study Pearson r r = 0.90 r = 0.94 r = 0.87 r = 0.94 correlation test t Test for pair p = 0.57 p = 1 p = 0.76 p = 0.18 measurements Cohen’s kappa k = 0.83 k = 0.84 k = 0.67 k = 0.85 coefficient 4. Discussion Following the analysis, within the group of females, out of 59 evaluations, in 53 cases we found a perfect concordance; in other words, within the group of females, in 53 cases out of the 59 analyzed evaluations the SMI and CVMS indexes showed the same pubertal stage. For the males, out of the 44 evaluations, 39 were in perfect concordance. The obtained values confirm the validity of the evaluated hypothesis, the data showing a better concordance in the case of testing the hypothesis on subjects with serial investigations than in the case of the subjects from the transversal study, this being probably due to the fact that the analyzed investigations belong to the same patient in the case of the longitudinal study. In the group of females, most discrepancies, two of each, were found at the beginning and the end of the pubertal period. The discrepancy between the pubertal and pre-pubertal stages may come from the estimation on the hand X-ray of the SMI 5 stage (indicating the pubertal stage), while the lateral cephalogram corresponds to the CVMS 1 or 2 stage (pre-pubertal stage). The discrepancy between the pubertal and post-pubertal stages is linked to the co- existence of the CVMS 4 stage (indicating the post-pubertal stage) on the lateral cephalo- gram with a SMI 7 stage (pubertal stage) estimated on the hand X-ray. In the case of the males, the main discrepancy appeared at the beginning of the pubertal stage. This originates in the co-existence of the CVMS 3 stage (indicating the pubertal stage) on the lateral cephalogram with the SMI 4 stage (pre-pubertal stage) on the hand and wrist X-ray. Out of the five discrepancies found, in four of them there was a co-existence of stages CVMS 3 and SMI 4. This fact strengthens the observation made in the transversal study as well, which states that for male, in some cases, the SMI 4 stage may correspond also to the period of maximum pubertal growth and not only to the pre-pubertal period. This fact is also confirmed by the study of Grave and Brown, 1976, who found a correspondence between the period of maximum pubertal growth and the SMI 4 and 5 stages [1]. For both the female and the male, the discrepancies noticed were observed nearby the pubertal stage in the intermediary phases of the growth stages, when passing from the pre-pubertal stage to the pubertal stage and from the pubertal stage to the post-pubertal one. The main limitation of the study comes from the small number of participants, justified by the aim of reducing the radiation dosage to which the patient is exposed. When forming the group, a good homogeneity was sought in regards to the repartition of the SMI and CVMS stages. The study verifies the correspondence of the skeletal maturity index SMI and cervical vertebral maturation stage CVMS, by referring to the stages of the pubertal age, based upon the data quoted in the specialty literature. It would have been useful to have had a clinical evaluation of the stages of the pubertal age for the subjects in the group and to refer the SMI and CVMS indexes to these stages. The great variability of the chronologic age at which the stages of SMI and CVMS are reached as well as the recorded individual variability for reaching the pubertal period stages call for prudency in the interpretation of the results obtained. Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 2783 7 of 8 5. Conclusions (1) The study proves the correspondence of the skeletal maturity index SMI and cervical vertebral maturation stage CVMS and confirms the validity of the hypothesis tested within the longitudinal study: The pre-pubertal stage has the corresponding indexes SMI 1,2,3,4 and CVMS 1,2. The pubertal stage has the corresponding indexes SMI 5,6,7 and CVMS 3. The post-pubertal stage has the corresponding indexes SMI 8,9,10,11 and CVMS 4,5. The Cohen’s kappa coefficient shows the existence of an almost perfect concordance in the case of both sexes (k = 0.84 for female and for male k = 0.85). (2) The validation of the hypothesis within the longitudinal study supports the idea of a possible clinical applicability of the CVMS indexes for estimating the skeletal age along the treatment, after starting the use of orthodontic appliances. The re- sults obtained show that the method could be clinically useful, offering information about the biological stage in which the patient finds himself/herself, in order for the orthodontist to be able to evaluate the remaining growth over the period of the orthodontic treatment. (3) The comparison of the statistical data obtained in the two studies (transversal and longitudinal) showed with no exception better results within the longitudinal study, as a better concordance was found among the analyzed data. (4) The study shows that both SMI and CVMS indexes could be used in order to determine the biological moment in which the patient finds himself/herself. For estimating the skeletal age, the orthodontist may use, as a common practice, the lateral cephalogram, which spares the patient from an additional eradiation necessary for a hand X-ray. Author Contributions: Conceptualization, E.G. and E.T.; Methodology, E.I.; Software, A.R.H. and S.N., Validation, E.I., E.T. and S.M.J.; Formal analysis, E.G.; Investigation, E.G.; Resources, E.G.; Data curation, E.G. and E.I.; Writing—original draft preparation, E.G.; Writing—review and editing, S.N.; Visualization, A.R.H.; Supervision, E.I.; Project administration, S.M.J. and A.R.H. 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applied sciences Article The Verification of the Degree of Concordance of the SMI/CVMS Indexes in Evaluating the Pubertal Growth Stages—Longitudinal Study 1 1 2 1 , 3 Elena Galan , Andreea Raluca Hlatcu , Stefan Milicescu, Jr. , Elina Teodorescu *, Simina Neagoe and Ecaterina Ionescu Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania; elena.galan@umfcd.ro (E.G.); andreea.hlatcu@umfcd.ro (A.R.H.); ecaterina.ionescu@umfcd.ro (E.I.) Department of Dental Aesthetics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania; stefan.milicescu@umfcd.ro Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Titu Maiorescu University, 031593 Bucharest, Romania; chelarescu.simina@yahoo.com * Correspondence: elina.teodorescu@umfcd.ro Abstract: The research aims to verify the concordance between the skeletal maturity index (SMI) measured on the hand and wrist X-rays using Fishman method and the cervical vertebral maturation stage (CVMS), measured on the lateral cephalometric X-rays using Baccetti method. The concordance of the two indexes (SMI and CVMS) has been statistically verified with the help of the Cohen’s kappa coefficient, by relating them to the growth stages, within a longitudinal study done upon a group of 38 patients, 22 female and 16 male, aged between 8–18 y, the analyzed investigations being done in series, along the orthodontic treatment. The research showed a strong correlation between the SMI Citation: Galan, E.; Hlatcu, A.R.; and CVMS indexes within the analyzed group, confirmed by the obtained values (k = 0.84 for female Milicescu, S., Jr.; Teodorescu, E.; and k = 0.85 for male). Neagoe, S.; Ionescu, E. The Verification of the Degree of Concordance of the SMI/CVMS Keywords: cervical vertebra maturation stage; chronological age; biological age; hand-wrist maturation; Indexes in Evaluating the Pubertal skeletal maturity index Growth Stages—Longitudinal Study. Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 2783. https:// doi.org/10.3390/app12062783 1. Introduction Academic Editors: Joseph Nissan and Gavriel Chaushu The individual growth variations, observed at patients with the same chronological age, for both sexes, within the same family and even at dizygotic twins, led to the devel- Received: 6 February 2022 oping of the concept of biological age, which defines the path followed until reaching the Accepted: 7 March 2022 individual maturity. Published: 8 March 2022 Out of all the indicators of the biological age, the skeletal age is considered by most Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral authors as having the best accuracy. Determining the skeletal age using a hand X-ray is the with regard to jurisdictional claims in consecrated method and in the specialty literature there are numerous studies done upon published maps and institutional affil- different population groups, which shows it value and its applicability at a large scale [1–5]. iations. On the other hand, estimating the skeletal age by using the development of the cervical vertebrae is a rather recent method, compared to the use of the hand and wrist X-rays. This method gained many supporters, the motive of its popularity being the fact that the interpretation is being done on the lateral cephalogram, a routine investigation within the Copyright: © 2022 by the authors. orthodontic treatment, thus requiring no additional exposure of the patients to any other Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. X-rays [6,7]. This article is an open access article During the last decades, due to the popularization of the evaluation methods of the distributed under the terms and skeletal age through the analysis of the cervical vertebrae on the lateral cephalograms, conditions of the Creative Commons the doctors’ interest in the analysis of the cervical region on lateral X-rays increased. There Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ were authors who showed that the lateral cephalograms could be useful for evaluating 4.0/). the natural position of the head [8]. Furthermore, some associations were found between Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 2783. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12062783 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 2783 2 of 8 cervical vertebrae anomalies, such as the appearance of fusion in the cranio-facial syn- dromes and dental malocclusions [9]. Given the context of the existing correlation between malocclusion development at the level of the dento-maxillary apparatus and the devel- opment of the cervical vertebrae, there rises the legitimate question whether the CVMS indexes keep their validity during the orthodontic treatments that aim to correct the dento- maxillary anomalies. There exist in the specialty literature a series of studies that confirm the existing correspondence between the CVMS and SMI indexes during the stages of the pubertal growth [1–7,10–30]. Objectives: Prior to this study, a transversal study was done upon a group of 150 subjects (89 female and 61 male), aged between 8–18 y. Given the existing data in the specialty literature and the average age for reaching the skeletal maturity index SMI and cervical vertebral maturation stage CVMS within the researched group, a hypothesis was formu- lated, regarding the correspondence between the SMI and CVMS stages during the pubertal growth (Table 1) [23]. Table 1. Correspondence of the SMI and CVMS indexes according to the stages of growth and development. Growth Stage SMI CVMS Pre-pubertal stage 1,2,3,4 1,2 Pubertal stage 5,6,7 3 Post-pubertal stage 8,9,10,11 4,5 This hypothesis was statistically checked using the Cohen’s kappa coefficient and the results (k = 0.82 for the female and k = 0.67 for the male) confirmed the concordance of the SMI and CVMS indexes within the analyzed group and validated the correspondence hypothesis that has been formulated. Starting with this hypothesis, the present study aimed to verify this hypothesis within a longitudinal retrospective study, done upon a selected group, for which serial investi- gations were done along the orthodontic treatment. The results of the two studies were subsequently compared. Proving the correspondence of the SMI/CVMS indexes for a group of patients under- going an orthodontic treatment would confirm the clinical applicability of these indexes along the treatment. For realizing this study, the approval of the Committee for Research Ethics was received, as the study used existing investigations from previously created data bases [23]. 2. Materials and Methods The hypothesis was verified upon a mixed group of selected children and youths from Bucharest city and the adjacent area, comprised of 38 patients, 22 female and 16 male, aged between 8–18 y. The patients included in the group had dento-maxillary anomalies and had ongoing orthodontic treatments. The children from the research group had a good general health state, with no severe hormonal or growth problems. The final group is the result of a selection, for each of the participants in this ret- rospective study, of several moments of growth being investigated, in most cases 2 or 3 moments that were indicated by the therapeutic necessities. The investigations were not done periodically, at previously determined fixed dates. Within the analyzed investigation there were included X-rays showing different moments of evolution, quantified by the existence of some SMI and CVMS indexes with different values between the moments caught on the radiological film. A number of 59 sets of investigations were analyzed for the female (including a hand and wrist X-ray and a lateral cephalogram done at the same moment) and 44 sets for the male. Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 2783 3 of 8 Each participant in the study had at least 2 sets of investigations done, with a maximum of 5 sets, having one case with 5 sets for the female and one case with 5 sets for the male. The sets with 5 X-rays belong to patients with delays in the growth process, with treatments started at a young age and extended over a long period of time, as the parents wanted the cases resolved with no extractions and without having orthognatic surgery. Out of the 22 female patients, 13 had 2 sets of investigations done, 4 had 3, and, respectively, 4 sets and 1 female had 5 sets of investigations. Out of the 16 male patients included in the study group, 8 had 2 sets of investigations, 5 had 3, 2 had 4, and 1 had 5 serial investigations. For each participant in the study, the hand and wrist X-rays were analyzed using Fishaman method [4] and the lateral cephalograms were analyzed using Baccetti method [7]. All the analyzed X-rays were done at the same radiology center, in order to rule out the possible errors that could occur during the investigations. For this study, a number of 206 X-rays were analyzed, 103 hand X-rays, and 103 lateral cephalograms, on which the SMI and CVMS indexes were determined. One month apart, all the X-rays were reanalyzed, by the same examiner, under identical conditions to verify intraoperative repeatability. Later on, the correspondence between the SMI and CVMS indexes and the stages of the pubertal growth was analyzed and the existing correspondence was statistically evaluated: - The pre-pubertal stage has as corresponding indexes—SMI 1,2,3,4 and CVMS 1,2 - The pubertal stage, in which occurs the peak moment of growth, has as corresponding indexes—SMI 5,6,7 and CVMS 3 - The post-pubertal stage has as corresponding indexes—SMI 8,9,10,11–CVMS 4,5. The emitted hypothesis was statistically verified with the help of the Cohen’s kappa coefficient, after the conversion was done in the 3 phases for each SMI and CVMS stage. For the storing and statistical analysis of the data, there was used the Excel program in the Microsoft Office Professional plus 2016, to which the Real Statistics Resource pack was added. The collected data was statistically analyzed in a descriptive way and three statistical analyses were done for the verification of the hypothesis: - The Pearson parametric correlation test, in order to see the degree of association of the obtained values - The t test for pair measurements, in order to see whether there exist any systematical errors within the analyzed data - The Cohen’s kappa coefficient. 3. Results To assess the intra-operator repeatability, the collected data was checked by using the Cohen Kappa coefficient and the results obtained by the two measurements, done successively, one month apart by the same examiner under identical conditions, showed a perfect or almost perfect concordance (k = 0.972 for the skeletal maturity index SMI and k = 0.955 for the cervical vertebral maturation stage CVMS), which allowed the data to be used within the study. In the diagrams in the Figures 1 and 2, there is a presentation of the percentage distribution of the number of serial investigation sets within the two groups. In the diagrams in the Figures 3 and 4, one can see for the study group the distribution of the analyzed X-rays according to age for the two sexes. A large number of investigations were done in order to capture the modifications that occur in the growth process connected to the pubertal period. At the statistical analysis of the data, the Pearson parametric test confirms the existence of a strong correlation between the data analyzed for both groups (r = 0.94). The obtained value was higher in the case of both sexes in comparison to the one obtained in the transversal study. The results of the t tests for pair measurements confirmed the absence of systematic errors. The values obtained for the Cohen’s kappa coefficient show the existence Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 2783 4 of 8 Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, x FOR PEER REVIEW  4  of  8  of an almost perfect concordance for both sexes. For female, the value was k = 0.84 and for male k = 0.85 (Tables 2 and 3). Figure 1. The percentage distribution of the number of analyzed investigation sets within the group  Figure 1. The percentage distribution of the number of analyzed investigation sets within the group of females. Out of the 59 sets of investigations, 44% had 2 sets of investigations done, 20% had 3 sets,  of females. Out of the 59 sets of investigations, 44% had 2 sets of investigations done, 20% had 3 sets, 27% had 4 sets, and 9% had 5 sets (in the diagram 2RX, 3RX, 4RX, and 5RX represents the number  27% had 4 sets, and 9% had 5 sets (in the diagram 2RX, 3RX, 4RX, and 5RX represents the number of sets of radiological investigations). of sets of radiological investigations).  Figure Figur2. e 2. The The per per centage centage distribution  distribu of the tion number  of theof num analyzed ber of investigation  analyzed sets inve within stigat the ion gr sets oup within the group  of males. Out of the 44 sets of investigations, 37% had 2 sets of investigations done, 34% had 3 sets, of males. Out of the 44 sets of investigations, 37% had 2 sets of investigations done, 34% had 3 sets,  18% had 4 sets, and 11% had 5 sets (in the diagram 2RX, 3RX, 4RX, and 5RX represents the number of 18% had 4 sets, and 11% had 5 sets (in the diagram 2RX, 3RX, 4RX, and 5RX represents the number  sets of radiological investigations). of sets of radiological investigations).  In the diagrams in the Figures 3 and 4, one can see for the study group the distribu‐ tion of the analyzed X‐rays according to age for the two sexes. A large number of investi‐ gations were done in order to capture the modifications that occur in the growth process  connected to the pubertal period.  Figure 3. The distribution of the analyzed X-rays according to age groups within the group of females. Figure 3. The distribution of the analyzed X‐rays according to age groups within the group of fe‐ males.  Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 2783 5 of 8 Figure 4. The distribution of the analyzed X-rays according to age groups within the group of males. Table 2. The result of the Cohen’s kappa coefficient for the group of females. CVMS SMI 1 2 3 TOTAL 1 24 1 0 25 2 2 9 2 13 3 0 1 20 21 TOTAL 26 11 22 59 “1”, “2” and“3” represent pre-pubertal stage, pubertal stage and, respectively, post-pubertal stage. Table 3. The result of the Cohen’s kappa coefficient for the group of male. CVMS SMI 1 2 3 TOTAL 1 22 4 0 26 2 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 16 16 TOTAL 23 5 16 61 “1”, “2” and“3” represent pre-pubertal stage, pubertal stage and respectively post-pubertal stage. pa (denotes the percent agreement)—0.8983 pe (represent the Cohen’s chance-agreement probability)—0.360529 k—0.840962 a perfect or almost perfect accord. Pa (denotes the percent agreement)—0.8864 pe (represent the Cohen’s chance-agreement probability)—0.232196 k—0.852046 a perfect or almost perfect accord. The obtained values confirm the validity of the analyzed hypothesis and show the existent concordance of the SMI and CVMS indexes in the determination of the pubertal stages within the study group. The results are superior to those obtained in the transversal study, thus proving the existence of a stronger concordance between the analyzed data (Table 4) [23]. Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 2783 6 of 8 Table 4. Comparative analysis of the statistical data in the two studies. Value Obtained for Females Value Obtained for Males Statistic Test Transversal Longitudinal Transversal Longitudinal Study Study Study Study Pearson r r = 0.90 r = 0.94 r = 0.87 r = 0.94 correlation test t Test for pair p = 0.57 p = 1 p = 0.76 p = 0.18 measurements Cohen’s kappa k = 0.83 k = 0.84 k = 0.67 k = 0.85 coefficient 4. Discussion Following the analysis, within the group of females, out of 59 evaluations, in 53 cases we found a perfect concordance; in other words, within the group of females, in 53 cases out of the 59 analyzed evaluations the SMI and CVMS indexes showed the same pubertal stage. For the males, out of the 44 evaluations, 39 were in perfect concordance. The obtained values confirm the validity of the evaluated hypothesis, the data showing a better concordance in the case of testing the hypothesis on subjects with serial investigations than in the case of the subjects from the transversal study, this being probably due to the fact that the analyzed investigations belong to the same patient in the case of the longitudinal study. In the group of females, most discrepancies, two of each, were found at the beginning and the end of the pubertal period. The discrepancy between the pubertal and pre-pubertal stages may come from the estimation on the hand X-ray of the SMI 5 stage (indicating the pubertal stage), while the lateral cephalogram corresponds to the CVMS 1 or 2 stage (pre-pubertal stage). The discrepancy between the pubertal and post-pubertal stages is linked to the co- existence of the CVMS 4 stage (indicating the post-pubertal stage) on the lateral cephalo- gram with a SMI 7 stage (pubertal stage) estimated on the hand X-ray. In the case of the males, the main discrepancy appeared at the beginning of the pubertal stage. This originates in the co-existence of the CVMS 3 stage (indicating the pubertal stage) on the lateral cephalogram with the SMI 4 stage (pre-pubertal stage) on the hand and wrist X-ray. Out of the five discrepancies found, in four of them there was a co-existence of stages CVMS 3 and SMI 4. This fact strengthens the observation made in the transversal study as well, which states that for male, in some cases, the SMI 4 stage may correspond also to the period of maximum pubertal growth and not only to the pre-pubertal period. This fact is also confirmed by the study of Grave and Brown, 1976, who found a correspondence between the period of maximum pubertal growth and the SMI 4 and 5 stages [1]. For both the female and the male, the discrepancies noticed were observed nearby the pubertal stage in the intermediary phases of the growth stages, when passing from the pre-pubertal stage to the pubertal stage and from the pubertal stage to the post-pubertal one. The main limitation of the study comes from the small number of participants, justified by the aim of reducing the radiation dosage to which the patient is exposed. When forming the group, a good homogeneity was sought in regards to the repartition of the SMI and CVMS stages. The study verifies the correspondence of the skeletal maturity index SMI and cervical vertebral maturation stage CVMS, by referring to the stages of the pubertal age, based upon the data quoted in the specialty literature. It would have been useful to have had a clinical evaluation of the stages of the pubertal age for the subjects in the group and to refer the SMI and CVMS indexes to these stages. The great variability of the chronologic age at which the stages of SMI and CVMS are reached as well as the recorded individual variability for reaching the pubertal period stages call for prudency in the interpretation of the results obtained. Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 2783 7 of 8 5. Conclusions (1) The study proves the correspondence of the skeletal maturity index SMI and cervical vertebral maturation stage CVMS and confirms the validity of the hypothesis tested within the longitudinal study: The pre-pubertal stage has the corresponding indexes SMI 1,2,3,4 and CVMS 1,2. The pubertal stage has the corresponding indexes SMI 5,6,7 and CVMS 3. The post-pubertal stage has the corresponding indexes SMI 8,9,10,11 and CVMS 4,5. The Cohen’s kappa coefficient shows the existence of an almost perfect concordance in the case of both sexes (k = 0.84 for female and for male k = 0.85). (2) The validation of the hypothesis within the longitudinal study supports the idea of a possible clinical applicability of the CVMS indexes for estimating the skeletal age along the treatment, after starting the use of orthodontic appliances. The re- sults obtained show that the method could be clinically useful, offering information about the biological stage in which the patient finds himself/herself, in order for the orthodontist to be able to evaluate the remaining growth over the period of the orthodontic treatment. (3) The comparison of the statistical data obtained in the two studies (transversal and longitudinal) showed with no exception better results within the longitudinal study, as a better concordance was found among the analyzed data. (4) The study shows that both SMI and CVMS indexes could be used in order to determine the biological moment in which the patient finds himself/herself. For estimating the skeletal age, the orthodontist may use, as a common practice, the lateral cephalogram, which spares the patient from an additional eradiation necessary for a hand X-ray. Author Contributions: Conceptualization, E.G. and E.T.; Methodology, E.I.; Software, A.R.H. and S.N., Validation, E.I., E.T. and S.M.J.; Formal analysis, E.G.; Investigation, E.G.; Resources, E.G.; Data curation, E.G. and E.I.; Writing—original draft preparation, E.G.; Writing—review and editing, S.N.; Visualization, A.R.H.; Supervision, E.I.; Project administration, S.M.J. and A.R.H. 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Keywords: cervical vertebra maturation stage; chronological age; biological age; hand-wrist maturation; skeletal maturity index

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