Age estimation of teenagers from Monterrey (Mexico) by the evaluation of dental mineralization after multi-slice helical computed tomography
| Autor: | María Concepción Treviño-Tijerina, Rogelio A. Elizondo-Pereo, Ricardo M. Cerda-Flores, Francisco González-Salazar, Javier Vargas-Villarreal, Dra. Aurora Valenzuela-Garach |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Molar
Correlation coefficient business.industry Helical computed tomography Dentistry Multi slice 030206 dentistry Mineralization (biology) Pathology and Forensic Medicine Linear estimation 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine stomatognathic system Age estimation Medicine 030216 legal & forensic medicine Bone Age Measurement business |
| Zdroj: | Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences. 48:138-149 |
| ISSN: | 1834-562X 0045-0618 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00450618.2015.1034777 |
| Popis: | Current social conditions require more accurate methods to determine the age of people, either living or deceased. The aim of this study was to determine chronological age by measuring the mineralization of third molars. Volunteers (n = 137), aged between 14 and 22 years and of either gender, were recruited from north-eastern Mexico. Sampling was probabilistic and at random. The mineralization stage of third molars was evaluated with the use of multi-slice helical computed tomography and the Mincer-modified Demirjian amended scale. The correlation coefficient, mean difference and linear estimation were determined. There was a linear correlation between age and the mineralization of third molars. Third molars of adults had a degree of mineralization above Demirjian stage F, whereas the third molars of minors had stages between A and F. Hence, a method was obtained to determine the chronological age from the evaluation of dental mineralization of third molars by multi-slice helical tomography. These results... |
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