Clinical and radiographic guidelines to predict pubertal growth spurt

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this paper is to emphasize the organization of the information available in exams and along the orthodontics treatment of growing individuals, which are used as guidance to predict the pubertal growth spurt. Conclusion: Such information provide opportunities to increment the diagnosis and prognosis of these cases and in making planning decisions, treatment evolution and the retention phase, mainly for those patients presenting malocclusions associated to skeletal disharmonies.