Estimating age and the likelihood of having attained 18 years of age using mandibular third molars

British Dental Journal

Volumn 209, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Liversidge, H M ^a   Marsden, P H ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Holland Park Dental Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; NEGRO; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROBABILITY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH ROOT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; BANGLADESH; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONDON; MALE; MANDIBLE; MOLAR, THIRD; ODONTOGENESIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TOOTH APEX; TOOTH ROOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049268127     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2010.976     Document Type: Article

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