Age estimation of Korean children based on dental maturity

Forensic Science International

Volumn 178, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 125-131

  Lee, Sang Eon ^a   Lee, Sang Hoon ^a   Lee, Jeong Yun ^a   Park, Hee Kyung ^a   Kim, Young Ku ^a  

^a School of Dentistry   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Demirjian's method; Dental maturity; Development of tooth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATURITY; MOLAR TOOTH; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 44349085926     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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