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| Year : 2009 | Volume
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Age Estimation from Teeth of Indian Adults Following Gustafson's Method
Vartika Agarwal, BK Srivastava, Ramesh Nagarajappa, Pradeep Tangade, TL Ravishankar
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Kothiwal Dental College and Research Centre, Mora Mustaqueem, Kanth Road, Moradabad - 244001, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Background: In mass disasters, dental identification assumes a primary role in the identification of the persons.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to estimate the age of person's from the physiological changes of the teeth.
Material & methods: 30 freshly extracted teeth were examined by Gustafson's method for age estimation which is based on the evaluation of ground sections of teeth. Six age-associated parameters were evaluated in the ground sections. Each parameter was allotted a score of 0-3 depending upon degree of changes in the tooth. Total age was then estimated.
Results: The mean difference between chronological and estimated age was 0.55 ± 0.42 SD years. Conclusion: The study shows that Gustafson's ageing method is one of the convenient methods in assessing the age of a person. |
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