ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2023
An Effective Model for Estimating Age in Unaccompanied Minors under the Italian Legal System.
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- Age assessment of unaccompanied foreign minors: an analyses of knowledge and practices among Italian pediatricians.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- Accuracy of Age Estimation Using Three Dental Age Estimation Methods in a Young, Large, and Multiethnic Patient Sample.Dentistry journal · 2023Article
- Liability and Medico-Legal Implications in Estimating the Likelihood of Having Attained 14 Years of Age in Pediatric Clinical Practice: A Pilot Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Over-the-counter emergency contraception in Italy: ethical reflections and medico-legal issues.Frontiers in global women's health · 2023Article
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Abstract
This article presents an effective model for estimating the age of subjects without identification documents, in accordance with Italian legislation covering unaccompanied minors, using instrumental methods recognized by the scientific community for age estimation. A decision-making tree has been developed, in which the first step is a physical examination. If secondary sexual characteristics are fully developed and there are no obvious signs of abnormal growth, dental X-rays are the next step. If the roots of the seven left mandibular teeth between the central incisor and the second molar are completely developed, the focus then moves to the third molar. If the index of the third molar (I
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