[Table/Fig-4]:

Significance of difference between chronologic age and different methods of age estimation (Males)

Methods	Difference from chronologic age		Significance of difference (paired “t”-test)
	Mean	SD	“t”	“p”
Group I
Dental Age (S&M)	0.05	0.68	-0.351	0.729
Dental Age (D&G)	0.54	0.51	-5.274	<0.001
Skeletal Age (T&W)	0.18	0.57	-1.571	0.129
Skeletal Age (G&P)	-0.90	0.93	4.875	<0.001
Group II
Dental Age (S&M)	0.63	0.62	5.031	<0.001
Dental Age (D&G)	0.45	1.25	1.806	0.083
Skeletal Age (T&W)	0.14	0.54	1.258	0.221
Skeletal Age (G&P)	0.27	1.03	1.300	0.206
Group III
Dental Age (S&M)	-0.44	1.80	-1.225	0.233
Dental Age (D&G)	-0.78	1.20	-3.257	0.003
Skeletal Age (T&W)	0.71	1.14	3.115	0.005
Skeletal Age (G&P)	0.42	0.81	2.585	0.016