Age Determinations on Teeth

Europe's oldest jaw: evidence of oral pathology

“…Upon evaluating the degree of periodontitis, we used the criteria of Gustafson. 9 These criteria provide a forensic dentistry method for determining age using six items rated on a scale of one to three: 1. Attrition 2.…”

A test of the Lamendin method of age estimation in South African canines

“…Root height in itself was not expected to change with age as it is used in the Lamendin formulae as a standard against which to judge increasing root transparency and periodontosis, although in this study it was found to shorten somewhat with age, especially in white individuals. It is well known that the roots of teeth may shorten with advancing age [18], and this may possibly lead to errors in older people as the increase in root transparency may be somewhat masked by the concomitant shortening of the root itself.…”

“…These were used in a combined formula to estimate age. The Gustafson sample comprised of only 37 teeth from northern Europeans, aged 11 to 69 years [18][19][20], and has been criticized for its small size and subjective manner in which the scoring was done. The scores (estimated ages) obtained by Gustafson were highly correlated (R=0.98) with the known age, and he reported a very small error of estimate.…”

Estimativa de idade através das linhas incrementais de cemento

“…Paleodemografia Gustafson (1950) foi o primeiro a relatar o uso da largura da camada de cemento em humanos para estimativa da idade, num método que também avaliava fatores como atrição dentária, deposição de dentina secundária, translucidez e reabsorção radicular e grau de saúde periodontal. Stott et al (1982) …”

“…Gustafson (1950) propôs um método para estimativa de idade de indivíduos adultos, através da análise de alguns fatores exclusivamente dentários como: grau de atrição, aposição de dentina secundária, grau de translucidez radicular, presença e extensão de reabsorções radiculares, espessura do cemento e saúde periodontal. Até os dias atuais o método proposto por Gustafson é referência para este tipo de perícia odontolegal.…”