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ArticleInternational journal of legal medicine2021

Dental age estimation based on pulp chamber/crown volume ratio measured on CBCT images in a Spanish population.

Ana Molina, Manuel Bravo, Gabriel M Fonseca, Nicholas Márquez-Grant, Stella Martín-de-Las-Heras

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Article in International journal of legal medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Ana MolinaDepartment of Forensic Medicine, University of Malaga, 29071, Malaga, Spain.
Manuel BravoDepartment of Preventive and Community Dentistry, University of Granada, 18071, Granada, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5508-561X
Gabriel M FonsecaCentro de Investigación en Odontología Legal y Forense (CIO), Facultad de Odontología, Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile.
Nicholas Márquez-GrantDefence Academy of the United Kingdom, Cranfield Forensic Institute, Cranfield University, Shrivenham, SN6 8LA, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5812-6189
Stella Martín-de-Las-HerasDepartment of Forensic Medicine, University of Malaga, 29071, Malaga, Spain. smdelasheras@uma.es.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1554-951X
Universidad de Málaga · ESCranfield University · GBUniversidad de Granada · ESUniversidad de La Frontera · CL

Funding

Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades PRX19/00369
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dental age estimation in living individuals is one of the most frequent requests undertaken by forensic odontologists. The aim of this study was to estimate the dental age by pulp/tooth volume ratio, as measured on cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) images, in a Spanish population. This study included 313 teeth from 107 adult individuals, 56 females and 51 males with a mean age of 44 ± 14 years. The statistical analysis of the results took account of clustering (multiple teeth in individuals). Linear regression models were constructed on the relationship between pulp/tooth volume ratio and chronological age for each tooth type. The highest coefficient of determination (R

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Cone-Beam Computed TomographyAdolescentAdultAgedAge Determination by TeethDental PulpDental Pulp CavityFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSpainTooth CrownYoung AdultAge estimationCone beam CTForensic dentistry

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PMID32676887
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