Accuracy of dental age estimation charts: Schour and Massler, Ubelaker and the London Atlas

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 70-78

  Alqahtani, S J ^a,c   Hector, M P ^b   Liversidge, H M ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

age estimation; children; dentition; forensic; teeth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL AGE DETERMINATION CHART; DENTAL PATIENT; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONDON ATLAS MASSLER DENTAL AGE DETERMINATION CHART; MALE; MASSLER DENTAL AGE DETERMINATION CHART; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MOLAR TOOTH; PRENATAL PERIOD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOUR DENTAL AGE DETERMINATION CHART; SKELETON; TOOTH AGE; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; UBELAKER DENTAL AGE DETERMINATION CHART; X RAY; X RAY FILM;

AGE ESTIMATION; CHILDREN; DENTITION; FORENSIC; TEETH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONDON; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; TOOTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898038391     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22473     Document Type: Article

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