Forensic Age Estimation from Lower Third Molar Maturity Index

Cameriere's third molar maturity index in assessing age of majority.

Estimation of chronological age of an individual is one of the main challenges in forensic science. Legally to be able to treat a person as a minor or an adult, it is necessary to determine whether their age of majority (if they are older or younger than 18, in most countries). Methods for estimating age are especially important when an individual in question lacks personal documents or other m...

Age estimation using third molar development.

Teeth are the most durable structures in the human body. The pattern of their development has been used as a credible technique of age determination of unidentified bodies. Dental age estimation is by comparison of the dental status of an individual with published dental surveys. The third molars are the last teeth to erupt and are regarded as the most variable in the dentition. Nevertheless, r...

The variability of lower third molar development in Northeast Malaysian population with application to age estimation.

This study aimed to assess the variability of the lower third molar (tooth 38 and 48) development in Northeast Malaysian population with respect to the side of dentition, to generate age prediction models and to compare the outcome with other studies. A total of 1080 orthopantomograms of Northeast Malaysian population aged between 14 and 25 years (540 males and 540 females) from the Hospital Un...

Chronological Age Estimation Based on Third Molar Development in A

Western Saudi adolescent age estimation utilising third molar development

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to establish reference data on third molar morphology/development for age estimation in Western Saudi adolescents, between ages 14 and 23 years of old. MATERIALS AND METHODS The orthopantomograms of 130 individuals (males and females), were examined, and the stage of third molar development were evaluated. RESULTS Mean ages, standard deviations, and perce...