Abstract
The objective for this study was to estimate the dental age through six radiographic methods in two Colombian ethnic groups (Afro-descendent and mixed Caucasoid) and determine which method more accurately approximates the chronological age. For this, descriptive transversal quantitative study to estimated dental age through six methods (Logan & Kronfeld; Schour & Massler; Moorrees, Fanning & Hunt; Demirjian, Goldstein & Tanner; Ubelaker & Smith) was made. The coefficient of interclass correlation and the lineal simple regression model determine that the methods Logan & Kronfeld, Demirjian, Goldstein & Tanner, and Schour & Massler, contain the best predictors of the chronological age (p <0.001). In conclusion, all radiographic methods can estimate the chronological age from age through dental radiographs. Also, it was determined that there is a bilateral symmetry, that there is no sexual dimorphism and that there are no differences between both ethnical groups in the development process and dental eruption.
| Translated title of the contribution | Dental age estimate through six radiographic methods in a group of African descent and Caucasoid mestizos |
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| Original language | Spanish |
| Pages (from-to) | 81-92 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Cuadernos de Medicina Forense |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 3-4 |
| State | Published - 01 Jul 2016 |
Keywords
- Forensic sciences
- Forensic dentistry
- Oral and maxillofacial radiology
- Chronological age
- Dental age
- Age estimation
- Ethnicity