Dental maturity in Belgian children using Demirjian's method and polynomial functions: New standard curves for forensic and clinical use

Journal of Forensic Odonto-Stomatology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 18-27

  Chaillet, Nils ^a   Willems, G ^b   Demirjian, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Demirjian's method; Dental maturity; Forensic science; Polynomial functions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CALCULATION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEMIRJIAN METHOD; DENTAL MATURITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ODONTOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 10044263334     PISSN: 0258414X     EISSN: 22196749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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