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Overall correlation rank between dental development and skeletal maturation, and subgroup analysis according to the methodological characteristics to female sample.
| Methodological characteristics | Studies | Girls correlation rank | Heterogeneity (I2) |
| Overall correlation | 7 | 0.725 (0.649–0.808) | 94.9% |
| Dental method | |||
| Nolla10 | 3 | 0.729 (0.645–0.826) | 91.0% |
| Demirjian et al12 | 4 | 0.711 (0.560–0.902) | 96.8% |
| Teeth | |||
| Canine | 5 | 0.761 (0.689–0.841) | 91.9% |
| Premolar | 2 | 0.629 (0.599–0.661) | 0.0% |
| Molar | – | – | – |
