Dental age estimation of adults: A review of methods and principals

Research Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 258-268

  Stavrianos, Christos ^a   Mastagas, D ^a   Stavrianou, I ^a   Karaiskou, O ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adults; Age estimation; Dental; Methods; Techniques

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID;

AGE DETERMINATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CEMENTUM; CHRONOLOGY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECOMPOSITION; DENTIN; DENTIST; DENTISTRY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GUSTAFSON METHOD; HISTORY; HUMAN; JOHANSON METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; PERIODONTITIS; RACEMIZATION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; TISSUE PREPARATION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 77953386046     PISSN: 18159346     EISSN: 19936095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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