ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Age Estimation Using the Cameriere Methods of Open Apices: A Meta-Analysis.
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- Validity of age estimation methods and reproducibility of bone/dental maturity indices for chronological age estimation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of validation studies.Scientific reports · 2022Pooled it
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- Dental Versus Skeletal Methods for Age Estimation in Growing Individuals: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2025Review
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- An Evaluation of Four Radiological Methods for Dental Age Estimation in the Montenegrin Population.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Comparison of accuracy of different dental age estimation methods in Finnish and Turkish populations.Acta odontologica Scandinavica · 2024Article
- Applicability of Cameriere's Method for Dental Age Assessment and Its Relationship with Skeletal Age (MP3) and Chronological Age in North Indian Children.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2024Article
- Cameriere's open apices methodology for dental age estimation in children: a scoping review from a Latin American perspective.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2024Article
- Demirjian's and Cameriere's Methods for the Assessment of Dental Age Estimation in Children from a Southern Brazilian City.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Age Estimation in Brazilian Adults Using the Pulp/Tooth Ratio of the Maxillary Canine and Mandibular Second Premolar.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Accuracy of Age Estimation Using Three Dental Age Estimation Methods in a Young, Large, and Multiethnic Patient Sample.Dentistry journal · 2023Article
- Dental age assessment: scoring systems and models from the past until the present-how is it presented in the court?International journal of legal medicine · 2023Article
- Artificial Intelligence as a Decision-Making Tool in Forensic Dentistry: A Pilot Study with I3M.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate the actual variability of the mean difference between chronological and dental age using the Cameriere method of open apices and to test its accuracy in variable age groups.
methodWe selected studies that contained data about the mean, standard deviation, and number of cases for chronological age, dental age and gender. We used a random-effects model. Statistical significance was estimated, at a
resultsIn boys, the average difference between chronological and dental age was 0.44 (0.26-0.63) years, while in girls the average difference between chronological and dental age was 0.34 (0.19-0.49) years. In the 6-7 years age group and in the 14-15 years age group, there was a statistically significant difference between dental and chronological age. Our study shows that the Cameriere method is useful for estimating the chronological age, with errors of less than one year.
conclusionsThe Cameriere method of evaluating dental age using open apices is sufficiently accurate for forensic practice, at least in the 7-14 age-interval.
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