Validity of the Demirjian method for dental age estimation for Southern Turkish children

Gungor, OE; Kale, Burak; Çelikoğlu, Mevlüt; Gungor, AY; Sarı, Zafer

doi:10.4103/1119-3077.154216

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“…Results of the present study agree with a previous one, the mean ages at A, C, D, E, F1, G, G1 developmental stage were lower for males than for females and B and F were lower for females than males ( Table 2). This result is confirmed by Zhai, Gungor, Solari, Mincer et al [8,13,16,20] Compared with the present study and similar results are seen in the mean ages of the third molar at given stages of tooth development. However, it is observed at all groups that crown-root formation earlier completed in the Turkish children and young adults.…”

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“…However, it is observed at all groups that crown-root formation earlier completed in the Turkish children and young adults. In previous studies conducted in Turkish populations, it has been reported that dentition shows gender differentiation, with that in females preceding that in males [13][14][15]17,19,21]. Karadayi et al [19] described that this difference was usually in only one stage and not in all teeth.…”

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“…There are some studies in the literature evaluate the applicability of Demirjian method for Turkish population between 2010 and 2015 [13][14][15][17][18][19]. In all studies, the applicability of Demirjian method is not suitable for Turkish population [14,15,18] (Table 3).…”

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“…Demirjian's dental age estimation method was done in a different nation successfully but French Canadian studies showing that French Canadian standards were not applicable for age estimation in a different population [5,[10][11][12]. Although several types of researches have performed with Demirjian method on Turkish population as yet no study has tested this modified Demirjian's method [4,[13][14][15].…”

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Background: Age estimation is important in the fields of dentistry and Demirjian's method is used generally. Many different methods have been used to date and none of them meet the standards as Demirjian's method since 1973. However, this method may not be valid in some populations. The aim of this study is to evaluate the modified Demirjian's method on Turkish children and young adults. Methods:The scoring table of Demirjian has been modified to Turkish children -young adults and new dental maturity score were obtained. In addition, the effect of gender on the crown and root formation were assessed using the MannWhitney-u test and the table was created with divided into ages. The dental maturity of 848 healthy children and young adults (445 females 403 males) aged between 10 and 19 years were studied with dental panoramic tomograms. Two raters evaluated the right third mandibular molar according to development stages of Modified Demirjian's. Results:The crown and root formation were statistically significant in the 17.0-17.9 age group between females and males (P = 006). Descriptive analysis showed that F stage is the shortest period. Modified Demirjian method is adapted to the Turkish population. Conclusion:It is demonstrated that age estimation in Turkish children and young adults will be performed easier with Modified Demirjian method adapted to the Turkish population.

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“…[2] The calcification of a tooth is divided into eight stages, and each stage has been designated a particular score which is different for boys and girls. [2] Although numerous studies have been done utilizing this method in different ethnic populations,[6789] the most commonly witnessed drawback is that the method is time consuming[2] and less user friendly as numerous tables have to be referred to. Thus, the authors felt the need to simplify this tedious process and prepare a comprehensive chart compiling data from all the original tables of Demirjian (DAEcc) and test its interpretation and ease of applicability by undergraduate BDS students.…”

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Demirjian approach of dental age estimation: Abridged for operator ease

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Miglani

2016

J Forensic Dent Sci

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Background:Present times have seen an alarming increase in incidence of crimes by juveniles and of mass destruction that Highlight the preponderance of individual age estimation. Of the numerous techniques employed for age assessment, dental age estimation (DAE) and its correlation with chronological age (CA) have been of great significance in the recent past. Demirjian system, considered as gold standard in DAE is a simple and convenient method for DAE, though,, although, referring to multiple tables make it cumbersome and less eco friendly due to excessive paper load.Aim:The present study was aimed to develop a comprehensive chart (DAEcc) inclusive of all Demirjian tables and developmental stages of teeth and also to as well as to test the operator ease of 50 undergraduate dental students in performing DAE using this chart.Materials and Methods:The study was performed in two stages, wherein the first stage was aimed at formulation of the comprehensive chart (DAECC) which included pictorial representation of calcification stages, the Federation Dentaire Internationale notation of the teeth, and the corresponding scores for each stage with a concluding column at the end to enter the total score. The second stage assessed the applicability of the ease of DAE by DAECC, whereby fifty 2nd year BDS students were asked to trace the calcification stages of the seven permanent left mandibular teeth on a panorex, identify the correct stage, assign the corresponding score, and to calculate the total score for subsequent dental age assessment.Results and Conclusions:showed that average time taken by the students for tracing seven mandibular teeth was 5 min and for assessment of dental age was 7 min. The total time taken for DAE was approximately 12 min, thus making the procedure less time consuming. Hence, this study proposes the use of DAEcc for age estimation due to ease in comprehension and execution of Demirjian system.

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