Comparison of dental maturity in children of different ethnic origins: International maturity curves for clinicians

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1164-1174

  Chaillet, Nils ^a   Nyström, Marjatta ^b   Demirjian, Arto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Demirjian's method; Dental maturity; Dental variability; Forensic science

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KOREA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 24644520667     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2005020     Document Type: Article

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