SynthesisInternational journal of legal medicine2018
Accuracy of the third molar maturity index in assessing the legal age of 18 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Evidence of Age Estimation Procedures in Forensic Dentistry: Results from an Umbrella Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Pooled it
- How old are you? A systematic review investigating the relationship between age and mandibular third molar maturity.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
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- Radiographic legal age estimation based on third molar development using Machine-learning algorithms.PloS one · 2026Article
- Comparison of cone-beam computed tomography and panoramic radiography in estimating the 18-year age threshold: a retrospective study.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Feasibility Study on Optimising the Efficacy of a Population Age Estimation Model for South China by Combined Machine Learning for the Second and Third Molars.Journal of imaging informatics in medicine · 2025Article
- Third molar maturity index for discriminating between adults and minors: validation in an Iranian sample.The Journal of forensic odonto-stomatology · 2024Article
- Accuracy of the third molar maturity index (I3M) for diagnosing the legal majority of young southern Brazilians.Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry · 2024Article
- Bibliometric analysis of research on dental age estimation.The Journal of forensic odonto-stomatology · 2023Article
- Criteria for early diagnosis of mandibular third molar agenesis based on the developmental stages of mandibular canine, first and second premolars, and second molar: a retrospective cohort study.BMC oral health · 2023Article
- Diagnostic accuracy of the third molar maturity index (IInternational journal of legal medicine · 2022Article
- Application of third molar maturity index for Indonesia minimum legal age of marriage: a pilot study.The Journal of forensic odonto-stomatology · 2022Article
- Demirjian and Cameriere methods for age estimation in a Spanish sample of 1386 living subjects.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Comparison of the third molar maturity index (IInternational journal of legal medicine · 2021Article
- Study of the ethnicity's influence on the third molar maturity index (IInternational journal of legal medicine · 2021Article
- Dental Age Assessment by IActa stomatologica Croatica · 2021Article
- A new model of classification of third molars development and its correlation with chronological age in a Brazilian subpopulation.International journal of legal medicine · 2021Article
- Estimating sex and age from a face: a forensic approach using machine learning based on photo-anthropometric indexes of the Brazilian population.International journal of legal medicine · 2020Article
- Validation of the Third Molar Maturation Index (IScientific reports · 2020Observational
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Abstract
The age estimation is a complex procedure required in the daily practice of legal medicine. The maturity of third molars stands out by the age of 18 because these teeth are still in development. This systematic review aimed to assess the accuracy of the third molar maturity index (I
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