Usefulness of combining clinical and radiological dental findings for a more accurate noninvasive age estimation

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 146-150

  Azrak, Birgül ^a,b   Victor, Anja ^a   Willershausen, Brita ^a   Pistorius, Alexander ^a   Hörr, Carsten ^a   Gleissner, Christiane ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ZMK Poliklinik für Zahnerhaltungskunde ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Clinical; Dental findings; Forensic odontology; Forensic science; Noninvasive; OPG; Radiological

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ALVEOLAR BONE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENTISTRY; DENTITION; DESTRUCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; TOOTH CERVIX; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH ROOT; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTITION, PERMANENT; FEMALE; FORENSIC DENTISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 33845888803     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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