Background: Determining gender is one of the most important parameters in forensic identification. Teeth are an excellent material in living and nonliving populations for anthropological, genetic, odontologic and forensic investigations being hardest and chemically the most stable tissue in the body, selectively preserved and fossilized, thereby providing the best records for evolutionary chang...

Developing teeth are used to assess maturity and estimate age in several disciplines. The aim of the study was to determine which of the most well known dental age estimation methods was best at estimating age. The target sample of dental radiographs (N = 946, ages 3–16) was described by Maber et al. (Forensic Sci Int 159 (2006) S68–S73). Seven mandibular permanent teeth (I1–M2) were assessed, ...

introduction: like other measures of human development, dental development is not in complete accordance to chronological age. investigations show that dental age can be affected by gender, race, systemic conditions, and some other factors and consequently, be different in people of the same chronological age. a correct estimation of dental age and its development in children is of great import...

Purpose : Estimation of age from dental attrition and the state of dental treatment. Method: The condition of the oral cavities of 1,000 men and women above the age of 20 years was investigated. For teeth with observable attrition, the extent of attrition was recorded. For other teeth, the extent of decay or the state of dental treatment was recorded. Then the condition of the teeth was classif...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to analyze the characteristics of cracked teeth and to evaluate pulp status according to periodontal probing depth (PPD). METHODS A total of 182 cracked teeth were included. The location and type of the cracked teeth, age and gender of the patients, restoration type, pulp status, PPD, and radiographic findings were analyzed. RESULTS Mandibular second...

Background: Impacted tooth is common in dental practice. Dentists usually remove them if they are associated with any pathologic sign or symptom. The challenge is whether to extract the asymptomatic tooth or not. This study was conducted to determine the association between developmental odontogenic cysts and tumors and impacted and unerupted teeth, if left untreated.    Methods: In ...

This study investigated 41 subjects, 13 male and 28 female, with agenesis of one or both lower second premolars, and with retained lower second primary molars. Intra-oral radiographs of 59 primary teeth were examined to judge the resorption of the mesial and distal roots, and were measured to record infra-occlusion of the primary teeth and tipping of the adjacent permanent teeth. The study comm...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to investigate radiographically the relationship of tobacco smoking and periapical status by using a retrospective case-control study design. METHODS The records of 79 controls and 79 age- and sex-matched cases were examined. Case was defined as a patient who has at least 1 radiographically detectable periapical lesion in a tooth. Control was defined as ...

OBJECTIVE This study was carried out to determine the reliability of sex determination from teeth pulp tissue. PATIENTS AND METHODS This study was carried on 60 maxillary and mandibular premolars and permanent molars (30 male teeth and 30 female teeth) which were indicated for extraction. The teeth were categorized into three groups of 20 each (10 from males and 10 from females).Group 1-pulp ...