ArticleJournal of clinical and experimental dentistry2022
Application of the London Atlas Software App 2nd edition for the radiographic assessment of dental development.
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- Panoramic radiograph-based dental age estimation in children and adolescents using multi-tooth methods: a scoping review of methods used and reported accuracy (2020-2025).BMC oral health · 2026Pooled it
- Forensic dental age estimation in a Pakistani population: validation of Atlas methods and development of a population-specific reference model.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Forensic performance of dental age estimation methods at legal age thresholds in Latin America: a scoping review.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2026Review
- Accuracy of the London Atlas and RP Atlas in age estimation of Southern Brazilians.Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry · 2025Review
- Accuracy of the London Atlas to estimate the age of legal majority in a sample of the Amazon Regio.Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry · 2024Article
- Nicodemo's method on dental development: a cross-sectional study with 3,271 children and adolescents.Brazilian oral research · 2024Article
- Validation of London Atlas for forensic age estimation in Koreans by comparing with Lee's and Willems' methods.Heliyon · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background: Assessing the dental development of children and adolescents is an important part of treatment planning. The radiographic visualization of dental developmental stages prior to age estimation is currently feasible by means of digital software apps. Testing the existing software tools is necessary to safeguard application in practice. This study applied the London Atlas Software App 2nd edition™ for dental age estimation in Brazilian children. Material and Methods: The software was applied to 1.104 digital panoramic radiographs of females (n = 509) and males (n = 595) with ages between 6 and 15.99 years (mean = 10.88 ± 2.84 years). The sample included at least 100 individuals similarly distributed based on sex within 10 age categories of one year each (6├ 15.99) years. Metrics of errors were quantified between the estimated (EA) and chronological (CA) ages. Results: The mean absolute errors among females and males were 0.56 and 0.60 years, respectively (overall = 0.58 years for the combined sample). The lower error values were observed in the age interval of 6 ├ 9.99 years. Error values above one year were detected in older age intervals (10 ├ 15.99 years). Statistically significant differences in dental development were not observed between females and males ( Conclusions: The London Atlas Software App 2nd edition led to specific error rates that can be acceptable for case-specific clinical applications. In the forensic field, caution is advised if the application is planned in the transition between late childhood and early adolescence - when third molars play a major role among the scarce developing teeth.
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