Figure 1

Dental maturational stages and CVM stages. Dental maturational stages according to Demirjian et al. [15] (stages D to H, upper) and CVM stages according to Hassel and Farman [13] or Baccetti et al. [3] (stages 1 to 6, lower). For the dental maturational stages, only the canine is shown for clarity. The CS1 and CS2 are pre-pubertal stages, CS3 and CS4 are pubertal stages, and CS5 and CS6 are post-pubertal stages (see text for details of the maturational staging).