Open AccessAccuracy of Demirjian's and Indian-specific formulae in age estimation using eight-teeth method in Kanyakumari population
Author(s) -
S Akhil,
T Isaac Joseph,
K L Girish,
Pradeesh Sathyan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_768_17
Subject(s) - population , medicine , mathematics , dentistry , orthodontics , demography , statistics , environmental health , sociology
Most of the scientific formulae for age estimation in forensic odontology were tested among western population and hence cannot be applied to the Indian population consistently. Therefore, it was in this context that Dr. Ashith B. Acharya had carried out a study using the modified Demirjian's method in Indian population and found out that the study gave inferior results for age estimation. So he developed Indian-specific regression analysis and worked out a formula.