Question

Age determination by dental examination

Answer 1

The clinical method to assess dental age is based on the emergence of teeth in the mouth.Assessment of age of an individual by examination of teeth is one of the accepted methods of age determination.

The aim of this study was to conduct age estimates for dental patients using orthopantomographs (OPGs). The OPGs were selected by an independent author with respect to criteria and evaluated by two independent dentists. The results were compared to chronologic ages. The reliability of the estimates, concurrently made by the two independent dentists using OPGs, was also evaluated.

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