Open AccessComparison of the validity of two dental age estimation methods: A study on South Indian population
Author(s) -
BS Shruthi,
Mandana Donoghue,
M Selvamani,
Pradeep Kumar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of forensic dental sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0975-2137
pISSN - 0975-1475
DOI - 10.4103/0975-1475.172431
Subject(s) - dentin , forensic odontology , age groups , forensic dentistry , dentistry , population , orthodontics , estimation , medicine , forensic anthropology , demography , geography , archaeology , engineering , environmental health , systems engineering , sociology
Forensic odontologists are often confronted with the problem of estimating age for the identification of unknown bodies or skeletal remains of accidents, crimes and disaster victims. Teeth have the benefit of being preserved long after other tissues have disintegrated and present the only means for age estimation. Different techniques have been published for dental age estimation with variable accuracy, precision and reliability. The search for optimal method by forensic odontologists has continued over the years until the present day.