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Did you know that the growth curves used to assess children\u2019s development were created by a dentist? Dr. Arto Demirjian is an Armenian dentist from Istanbul who is a professor emeritus at the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al. An avid researcher, he is credited with inventing the \u201cDemirjian method\u201d<\/strong>, used worldwide to solve crimes by determining the dental age of deceased persons. But he is best known as the father of the growth curves<\/strong> used in every CLSC and hospital in Quebec to monitor children\u2019s health. This dentist was an outstanding teacher for Dr. Annick Lapointe, and she feels proud to have been his student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To find out more about Dr. Arto Demirjian\u2019s story, we invite you to read the following article : https:\/\/www.lapresse.ca\/contexte\/2022-09-18\/un-cafe-avec-le-dr-arto-demirjian\/la-deuxieme-chance.php <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Did you know that the growth curves used to assess children\u2019s development were created by a dentist? Dr. Arto Demirjian is an Armenian dentist from Istanbul who is a professor emeritus at the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al. An avid researcher, he is credited with inventing the \u201cDemirjian method\u201d, used worldwide to solve crimes by determining the dental […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":659777,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-659877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDr. Arto Demirjian: Renowned dentist in medical research - Clinique Dentaire Beaulieu, Lapointe et Associ\u00e9s \u00e0 Laval<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dr. Arto Demirjian is an Armenian dentist from Istanbul who is a professor emeritus at the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dr. Arto Demirjian: Renowned dentist in medical research\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Did you know that the growth curves used to assess children\u2019s development were created by a dentist? 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