Abstract
Dental age estimation (DAE) is the most accurate method of estimating age where a formal birth record is absent. Accurate DAE relies on a reference data set comprising dental panoramic tomographs (DPT) that provide images of all the tooth morphology types. For each tooth development stage (TDS) summary data are the count (n-tds), the mean (x-tds), and standard deviation (sd-tds). These data enable Normal distribution and Percentile summary data for each TDS. The DA for a single individual is calculated by taking the average of the TDS on the subject's DPT. This is the surrogate for chronological age.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine |
| Subtitle of host publication | Second Edition |
| Publisher | Elsevier Inc. |
| Pages | 41-69 |
| Number of pages | 29 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780128000557 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780128000342 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 4 Nov 2015 |
Keywords
- Age assessment
- Age estimation
- Dental age
- Dental development
- Dental mineralization
- Estimation
- Mathematical model
- Meta-analysis
- Probability
- Regression analysis
- Tooth development stages
- Weighted mean