TY - JOUR AU - AB - Objective: to identify the stage of skeletal maturation according to the chronological age of pediatric patients ranging from 8 to 12 years who attended the Dental Program at the Corporacion Universitaria Rafael Núñez. Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study conducted from 2012 to 2013, in children from 8 to 12 years presenting digital cephalic lateral radiographs. C2, C3 and C4 vertebrae were identified; strokes of the vertebrae were performed with graphite pencil on tracing paper. Results: From a total of 100 pediatric patients studied, 49% (49) were male and 51% (51) female. The average age of both was 9.1 ± 1.02, 48% were in stage 1 (CMV1), 38% were in stage 2 (CMV2), and 14% were in stage 3 (CMV3). Conclusion: girls had earlier changes than boys. The cephalic lateral radiograph is a useful, economical, easy and reliable method to assess the degree of ossification, and it is statistically reliable and valid. Keywords: skeletal maturation, Baccetti analysis, stages of maturity , pediatric children. Los cambios esqueléticos y dentales deben INTRODUCCIÓN ser tratados de acuerdo con la edad de ma- duración, y para determinar el estadio de Los cambios que sufre el organismo en cuanto crecimiento muy poco se conoce el uso TI - Determination of the stages of skeletal maturation by analysis Bacceti JF - salud uninorte DO - 10.14482/sun.31.2.6495 DA - 2015-05-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/determination-of-the-stages-of-skeletal-maturation-by-analysis-bacceti-9hfwt3PyQg DP - DeepDyve ER -