Comparison of the third molar maturity index (I 3M ) between left and right lower third molars to assess the age of majority: a multi-ethnic study sample.

Autor: Angelakopoulos N; Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.; AgEstimation Project, Macerata, Italy., Galić I; AgEstimation Project, Macerata, Italy.; Department of Oral Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Split, Split, Croatia., Balla SB; AgEstimation Project, Macerata, Italy.; Department of Forensic Odontology, Panineeya Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Center, Hyderabad, Telangana, India., Kiş HC; Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Nuh Naci Yazgan University, Kocasinan, Kayseri, Turkey., Gómez Jiménez L; Instituto Nacional de Patología Dr. Sergio Sarita Valdez, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana., Zolotenkova G; Department of Forensic Medicine, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia.; Design Information Technologies Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences (DITC RAS), Moscow, Russia., Mohd Yusof MYP; Centre for Oral & Maxillofacial Diagnostics and Medicine Studies, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, Selangor, Malaysia.; Institute of Pathology, Laboratory and Forensic Medicine (I-PPerForM), Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, Selangor, Malaysia., Hadzić Selmanagić A; Department of Dental Morphology With Dental Anthropology and Forensics Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina., Pandey H; Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India., Palmela Pereira C; Facultade de Medicina Dentária da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal., Nóbrega JBM; Postgraduate Program in Dentistry, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil., Hettiarachchi K; Department of Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Kandy, Central Province, Sri Lanka., Mieke SM; Department of Forensic Odontology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia., Kumagai A; Division of Forensic Odontology and Disaster Oral Medicine, Department of Forensic Science, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan., Gulsahi A; AgEstimation Project, Macerata, Italy.; Faculty of Dentistry, Dentomaxillofacial Radiology Department, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey., Zelić K; Laboratory of Anthropology, Institute of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.; School of Dental Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia., Marinković N; Clinic for Orthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia., Kelmendi J; Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Medicine Alma Mater Europaea, University of Prishtina, Campus Rezonanca, Prishtina, Kosovo., Bianchi I; Department of Law, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Macerata, Macerata, Italy., Soriano Vázquez I; AgEstimation Project, Macerata, Italy., Spinas E; Department of Surgical Sciences, Section of Dentistry, University of Cagliari , Cagliari, Italy., Velezmoro-Montes YW; Forensic Dentistry, Scientific University of the South, Lima, Peru., Oliveira-Santos I; Centre for Functional Ecology, Laboratory of Forensic Anthropology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal., De Luca S; AgEstimation Project, Macerata, Italy. sdeluca@sml.gob.cl.; Área de Identificación Forense, Unidad de Derechos Humanos, Servicio Médico Legal, Santiago de Chile, Chile. sdeluca@sml.gob.cl., Arrais Ribeiro IL; Postgraduate Program in Dentistry, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil., Moukarzel M; Private Dental Office, Beirut, Lebanon., Cameriere R; AgEstimation Project, Macerata, Italy.; Department of Forensic Medicine, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: International journal of legal medicine [Int J Legal Med] 2021 Nov; Vol. 135 (6), pp. 2423-2436. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 06.
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-021-02656-2
Abstrakt: The diagnostic accuracy of the I 3M to assess the legal age of 18 years has already been tested in several specific-population samples. The left lower third molar has been extensively used for discriminating between minors and adults. This research aimed to compare the usefulness of lower third molar maturity indexes, from both left and right side (I 3M L and I 3M R), in samples originating from four distinct continents in order to examine possible differences in their accuracy values. For this purpose, a sample of 10,181 orthopantomograms (OPGs), from Europe, Africa, Asia and America, was analysed and previously scored in other studies. The samples included healthy subjects with no systemic disorders with both third molars and clear depicted root apices. Wilcoxon Signed Rank test for left and right asymmetry did not show any significant differences. Data about sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, likelihood ratio and accuracy were pooled together and showed similar results for I 3M L and I 3M R, respectively. In addition, all these quantities were high when only the I 3M R was considered to discriminate between adults and minors. The present referable database was the first to pool third molar measurements using panoramic radiographs of subjects coming from different continents. The results highlighted that both I 3M L and I 3M R are reliable indicators for assessing the legal age of 18 years old in those jurisdictions where this legal threshold has been set as the age of majority.
(© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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