Forensic age estimation in living subjects: The ethnic factor in wisdom tooth mineralization

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 170-173

  Olze, Andreas ^a   Schmeling, Andreas ^a   Taniguchi, Mari ^b   Maeda, Hitoshi ^b   Van Niekerk, Piet ^c   Wernecke, Klaus Dieter ^a   Geserick, Gunther ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dental age; Ethnicity; Third molar; Tooth mineralization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; AGE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; DENTISTRY; GERMANY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; NEGRO; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FORENSIC DENTISTRY; GERMANY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MOLAR, THIRD; SOUTH AFRICA; TOOTH CALCIFICATION;

EID: 6344289526     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-004-0434-7     Document Type: Article

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