Open AccessDental age estimation of growing children by measurement of open apices: A Malaysian formula
Author(s) -
Navaneetha Cugati,
Ramesh Kumaresan,
Balamanikanda Srinivasan,
Padmanabhan Karthikeyan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of forensic dental sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0975-2137
pISSN - 0975-1475
DOI - 10.4103/0975-1475.172445
Subject(s) - forensic dentistry , estimation , dentistry , ethnic group , population , regression analysis , demography , percentile , medicine , statistics , mathematics , orthodontics , sociology , management , anthropology , economics
Age estimation is of prime importance in forensic science and clinical dentistry. Age estimation based on teeth development is one reliable approach. Many radiographic methods are proposed on the Western population for estimating dental age, and a similar assessment was found to be inadequate in Malaysian population. Hence, this study aims at formulating a regression model for dental age estimation in Malaysian children population using Cameriere's method.