The measurement of open apices of teeth to test chronological age of over 14-year olds in living subjects

Forensic Science International

Volumn 174, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 217-221

  Cameriere, Roberto ^a   Brkic, Hervoje ^b   Ermenc, Branko ^c   Ferrante, Luigi ^d   Ovsenik, Maja ^c   Cingolani, Mariano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Forensic odontology; Open apices of teeth; Third molar

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENTISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 37649020012     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.04.220     Document Type: Article

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