ArticleInternational journal of legal medicine2019
Accuracy of the use of radiographic visibility of root pulp in the mandibular third molar as a maturity marker at age thresholds of 18 and 21.
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- A systematic overview of dental methods for age assessment in living individuals: from traditional to artificial intelligence-based approaches.International journal of legal medicine · 2023Pooled it
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- Dental age assessment in the living: a comparison of two common stage classifications for assessing radiographic visibility of the root canals in mandibular third molars.International journal of legal medicine · 2024Article
- Evaluation of radiographic visibility of root pulp in mandibular second molars using cone beam computed tomography images for age estimation.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2024Article
- Radiographic evaluation of secondary dentin formation in lower premolars for forensic age diagnosis of 18 years in a sample of south Indian adolescents and young adults.The Journal of forensic odonto-stomatology · 2023Article
- Validation of radiographic visibility of root pulp in mandibular first, second and third molars in the prediction of 21 years in a sample of south Indian population: A digital panoramic radiographic study.The Journal of forensic odonto-stomatology · 2023Article
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- Age group prediction with panoramic radiomorphometric parameters using machine learning algorithms.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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- Accuracy of four dental age estimation methods in determining the legal age threshold of 18 years among South Indian adolescents and young.The Journal of forensic odonto-stomatology · 2021Article
- Can root pulp visibility in mandibular first molars be used as an alternative age marker at the 16 year threshold in the absence of mandibular third molars: an orthopantomographic study in a South Indian sample.The Journal of forensic odonto-stomatology · 2021Article
- Examination of the radiographic visibility of the root pulp of the mandibular second molars as an age marker.International journal of legal medicine · 2020Article
- Dental age estimation based on the radiographic visibility of the periodontal ligament in the lower third molars: application of a new stage classification.International journal of legal medicine · 2020Article
- Root Pulp Visibility as a mandibular maturity marker at the 18-year threshold in the Maltese population.International journal of legal medicine · 2020Article
- OlzeJournal of forensic dental sciencesArticle
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Abstract
Evaluation of the radiographic visibility of root pulp in mandibular third molars has been suggested as an alternative method for estimation of legal age threshold in living individuals when the root apices are mature. Here, we assessed the accuracy of this method for age thresholds of 18 and 21 years. A sample of 463 panoramic radiographs of individuals aged between 16 and 34 years was examined. The root pulp visibility of the mandibular third molars was scored; the stages ranged from 0 to 3. A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and the area under the ROC curve (AUC) were used to select optimal cut-offs for 18- and 21-year-old thresholds. As prognostic predictors, the selected cut-offs were stages 1 and 2 for the 18- and 21-year-old thresholds of both sexes, respectively. For the 18-year-old threshold, the AUC, sensitivity and specificity were 0.829, 83.1% and 66.7% in females; and 0.930, 89.4% and 90.9% in males, respectively. For the 21-year-old threshold, the AUC, sensitivity and specificity were 0.874, 72.8% and 92.0% in females; and 0.906, 85.5% and 88.2% in males, respectively. The accuracy of the method for estimating the 18- and 21-year-old thresholds ranged from moderate to high. Therefore, the method must be used in conjunction with other age estimation methods, especially to predict whether a female has reached 18 years of age.
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