Interpreting group differences using Demirjian's dental maturity method
Forensic Science International, 2010Although Demirjian's method is designed to assess dental maturity at the individual level, significant differences between average dental age and real age for groups have been interpreted as population differences. The aim of this study was to describe the variation in maturity score for age and age for maturity score from a large collaborative ...
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Third Molar Development Reliability for Radiographic Age Estimation (Demirjian's Method)
Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, 2022Background: The determination of age after a person has died is a potential stage in the postmortem profiling process that leads to definitive identification. Demirjian's method, designed for use with children, establishes maturity scores as a function of age using eight developmental stages and polynomial functions to estimate age as a function of the
Marvi Shaikh +5 more
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Assessment of dental maturity of western Chinese children using Demirjian's method
Forensic Science International, 2010Age estimation plays an important role in forensic medicine and orthodontics. Dental maturity, expressed as dental age, is one of the common indices for age estimation. Demirjian's method, first described in 1973 and based on a large number of French-Canadian samples, is one of the most widely used methods for dental age assessment.
J W, Chen +5 more
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Dental Age Assessment: The Applicability of Demirjian Method in Eastern Turkish Children
Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2010Abstract: In the literature, little is known about the applicability of this method in Turkish children. The aim of this study was, therefore, to evaluate the reliability of Demirjian method of age estimation when used for eastern Turkish children. A retrospective study was performed on a sample of panoramic radiographs taken from 807 healthy eastern ...
ÇELİKOĞLU, Mevlut +2 more
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Dental age assessment: The applicability of Demirjian's method in South Indian children
Forensic Science International, 1998The paper concerns the testing of Demirjian's method of age assessment in South Indian children. Since previous studies have shown the inapplicability of Demirjian's method on other populations, an attempt to compile a maturity standard for South Indian children was made. An additional independent indicator of age was employed, namely the skeletal age.
S, Koshy, S, Tandon
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The effect of birth weight on tooth development by Demirjian’s method
Clinical Oral InvestigationsThe aim of this study was to investigate the impact of birth weight on tooth development in children aged 7-8 years.This retrospective cohort study comprised 75 children born at Bint Al-Huda Hospital, Bojnurd, in 2013-2014. The children were categorized into three groups based on their birth weight: Normal Birth Weight (NBW), Low Birth Weight (LBW ...
Yasaman, Bozorgnia +4 more
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The adaptation of Demirjian’s dental age estimation method on North German children
Forensic Science International, 2019The aim of this study was to test the accuracy of Demirjian's method for dental age (DA) estimation on north German children, to adapt the method used in case of inaccuracy in this sample and to construct dental maturity percentile curves for this population.
Nadiajda, Khdairi +4 more
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Applicability of the Demirjian method for dental assessment of southern Turkish children
Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 2014Age-related legal problems are especially common in underdeveloped parts of Turkey. In terms of civil and criminal law, the ages from 13 years to 18 years are critical in our country. Estimation of age is a very significant in aspect of accordance with laws.
Celik, Salih +4 more
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Dental maturation of 18th and 19th century British children using Demirjian’s method
International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 1999Aim. To compare dental age with chronological age in a group of children born approximately 200 years ago and a group of modern children. Methods. Dental maturation of 15 skeletal remains (range 3·0–15·1 years) of London children of known age‐at‐death was compared to an age and sex matched control group of contemporary children (n = 30). The method of
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Age estimation in Indians using Demirjian's 8-teeth method.
Journal of forensic sciences, 2011Demirjian's grading of tooth calcification is widely used to assess age of individuals with developing dentitions. However, its application on numerous populations has resulted in wide variations in age estimates and consequent suggestions for the method's adaptation to the local sample.
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