Dental age assessment: The applicability of Demirjian's method in South Indian children

Forensic Science International

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 73-85

  Koshy, Serene ^a   Tandon, Shobha ^a  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Demirjian; Dental age; Skeletal age

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; CHILD; DENTITION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; TECHNIQUE; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0032496679     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(98)00034-6     Document Type: Article

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