[How I investigate...the age of adolescents using panoramic radiography]

Rev Med Liege. 1998 Oct;53(10):633-7.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Stage of dental development gives an assessment of young adults chronological age. This is used in forensic medicine when birth data are lacking or doubted. The following method improves the accuracy of age determination in comparison with the commonly used method of Nolla.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent / physiology*
  • Adult
  • Age Determination by Skeleton / methods*
  • Child
  • Female
  • Forensic Dentistry
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Radiography, Panoramic / methods*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sex Characteristics
  • Tooth / growth & development*