Difficulties in estimating age using root dentine translucency in human teeth of varying antiquity

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 889-899

  Sengupta, Anita ^a   Whittaker, David K ^b   Shellis, R Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age determination; Archaeology; Forensic; Root dentine translucency; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; AGING; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; COLOR; DENTIN; DENTITION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ODONTOMETRY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOOTH; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH ROOT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; AGED; AGING; COLOR; DENTIN; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOMETRY; PALEODONTOLOGY; TOOTH CALCIFICATION; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 0033231005     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9969(99)00087-4     Document Type: Article

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