Open AccessAge estimation by pulp/tooth area and width ratios in panoramic images of upper and lower canines among the Iranian population
Author(s) -
Roghieh Bardal,
Mitra Ahmad Soltani
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
brazilian dental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2178-6011
DOI - 10.14295/bds.2021.v24i4.2466
Subject(s) - dentistry , pulp (tooth) , maxilla , orthodontics , radiography , medicine , mathematics , age groups , root canal , population , demography , surgery , environmental health , sociology
Objective: One of the techniques of estimating age in forensic medicine, which is associated with the least trauma in both living individuals and corpses, is to use teeth. Accordingly, the present study aims to determine the relationship between chronological age and pulp-to-tooth area ratio and pulp-to-root width ratio in maxillary and mandibular canines on panoramic radiographs among the Iranian population. Material and Methods: A total of 162 panoramic radiographs were evaluated in the present study. Selected patients were of verified age with the age range of 15-45 years. The pulp-to-tooth area ratio (PTR) and the pulp-to-root width ratio were calculated with AutoCAD 2016 software program in maxillary and mandibular canines at two points of the root. The two points include cemento-enamel Junction (CEJ) and pulp/root width at the quarter of a distance between CEJ and end point of root-canal, which was named WA, WB respectively. The patients’ age was also estimated with the use of linear regression equation. Then each patient’s chronological age and the age estimated using this technique was compared. Results: The relationship between PTR in both canines and WB variable in maxilla with chronological age was inverse and significant (P 0.05). Same results were obtained with the variable of WB. Conclusion: Combining the variables of PTR and WB gives better results than using variables alone. Estimation of age with the mean of each variable shows less error than their combination. KeywordsAge determination; Canine; Panoramic radiography.