Open AccessDevelopment and evaluation of new clinical methods of age estimation in children based on the eruption status of primary teeth
Author(s) -
Neil De Souza,
R. V. Manju,
Amitha M Hegde
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of the indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry/journal of indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3905
pISSN - 0970-4388
DOI - 10.4103/jisppd.jisppd_121_17
Subject(s) - intraclass correlation , estimation , dentition , medicine , dentistry , tooth eruption , permanent teeth , orthodontics , receiver operating characteristic , age groups , regression analysis , population , permanent dentition , statistics , molar , demography , mathematics , environmental health , clinical psychology , management , sociology , economics , psychometrics
Age estimation methods in the permanent dentition are numerous in number and well established and evaluated. However, there exists a dearth of methods available for the estimation of age based on the eruption status of primary teeth, despite various studies displaying greater accuracy using such methods.