Open AccessAccuracy of two dental and one skeletal age estimation methods in 6-16 year old Gujarati children
Author(s) -
Purv S Patel,
Anjani Ramachandra Chaudhary,
Bhavin B Dudhia,
Parul V Bhatia,
Naresh Chandulal Soni,
Yesha V Jani
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of forensic dental sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0975-2137
pISSN - 0975-1475
DOI - 10.4103/0975-1475.150298
Subject(s) - bone age , medicine , dentistry , estimation , panoramic radiograph , orthodontics , age groups , test (biology) , demography , radiography , surgery , management , sociology , economics , paleontology , biology
Age estimation is of immense importance not only for personal identification but also for treatment planning in medicine and dentistry. Chronologic age conveys only a rough approximation of the maturational status of a person, hence dental and skeletal ages have been explored as maturity indicators since decades. The tooth maturation provides a valuable indicator of dental age and serves as a better index of the maturation of a child as compared to other maturity indicators.