Insights into dental age estimation: introducing multiple regression data from a Black South African population on modified gustafson’s criteria
Fabian Rudolphi,
Laurin Steffens,
Denys Shay
et al.
Abstract:Dental Age Estimation (DAE) is an effective instrument of the rule of law for verifying dubious age claims in living individuals. Once tooth development is complete, only degenerative dental characteristics can be used for this purpose. The influence of ethnicity on these degenerative dental characteristics has not been clarified.Degenerative changes were examined using modified Gustafson’s criteria including secondary dentin formation, cementum apposition, periodontal recession and attrition using the Olze et… Show more
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