Age estimation using pulp/tooth area ratio: A digital image analysis

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Published Jun 1, 2009
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Volume 1, Issue 1, January-June 2009

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Sasidhar Singaraju
Department of Oral Pathology, Modern Dental College and Research Center, Airport Road, Gandhi Nagar, Indore
P Sharada
AECS Maaruti College of Dental Sciences, Bangalore

Abstract

Age is one of the essential factors in establishing the identity of the person. Estimation of the human age is a procedure adopted by anthropologists, archeologists, and forensic scientists. Inspection of radiographs and subsequent comparison with radiographic images, in charts yield ′maturity scores′ that help us to assess the age of an individual. Alternative approaches based on digitalization of panoramic radiographs and their computerized storage have recently become available that exploit image analysis to obtain nondestructive metric measurements of both pulp chambers and teeth, which can be used to assess the age of an individual. The purpose of the present study was to present a method for assessing the chronological age based on the relationship between age and measurement of the pulp/tooth area ratio on single-rooted teeth, using orthopantomographs and a computer-aided drafting program AutoCAD 2000.

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Sasidhar Singaraju, & P Sharada. (2009). Age estimation using pulp/tooth area ratio: A digital image analysis. Journal of Forensic Dental Sciences, 1(1), 37–41. https://doi.org/10.4103/0974-2948.50888
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