Integrating Standard Methods of Age Estimation in Western Saudi Childhood and Adolescent.

2016-07-12T02-08-28Z
Source: European Journal of Forensic Sciences
Amin Alshihri, Estie Kruger, Marc Tennant.
The aim of this study was to determine the accuracy of three methods of age estimation, using developing teeth in Western Saudi Arabian children and young adults (4-23 years old). Panoramic radiographs were examined; according to: the London Atlas of Tooth Development (n=241); Demirjians dental maturity scale (n=198); and the stage of third molar development by Mincers method (n=130). All three methods tended to under-estimate age. The London Atlas method underestimated chronological age by 1.6 (±15.0) months; Demirjians method, underestimated by 0.02 (±14.5) months, and Mincer's method, by 6.7 (±26.5) months. Overall the Demirjians method was the most accurate of the three methods. It was concluded that specific dental age methods are applicable for the different ethnic groups in Western Saudi Arabia, and accuracy varies according to age group.


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