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ArticleInternational dental journal2025

Evaluation of the Accuracy of Cameriere, Modified Cameriere and Willems and Blenkin-Evans Methods for Turkish Children.

Tuğçe Nur Şahin, Melike Güleç

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  2. Exploring the association between skeletal malocclusions and dental maturity in German children and adolescents : A retrospective cross-sectional study.Journal of orofacial orthopedics = Fortschritte der Kieferorthopadie : Organ/official journal Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Kieferorthopadie · 2026
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Tuğçe Nur ŞahinAhmet Keleşoğlu Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University, Karaman, Turkiye. Electronic address: tugcenpekdemir@gmail.com.
Melike GüleçAhmet Keleşoğlu Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University, Karaman, Turkiye.

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objectiveAge determination aims to determine an individual's physiological age without information about the individual's chronological age (CA) or in forensic situations in a way that does not cause loss of legal rights. The study aimed to evaluate the suitability of Cameriere (CM), Modified Cameriere (MCM) for Turkish children, Willems (WM), and Blenkin-Evans methods (BEM) for Turkish children.

designA total of 616 Panoramic images of 321 female and 295 male healthy children from the Central Anatolia region aged between 6 and 14.99 years were used for the study. Individuals were grouped according to their age and gender (18 groups). Kruskal-Wallis test was used to evaluate the appropriateness of the methods, and intra- and interobserver agreement was statistically evaluated using the Intra-Interclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) (p < .05).

resultsThe CA- estimated age (EA) difference was underestimated by 0.49, 0.45, and 0.20 years with MCM, WM, and BEM, respectively, and overestimated by 0.22 years with CM for girls; underestimated by 0.52, 0.43, and 0.12 years with MCM, WM, and BEM, respectively, and overestimated by 0.17 years with CM for boys (p < .005).

conclusionIf groups are evaluated separately, the closest results to CA for both sexes were obtained with CM. However, when the mean age difference for all age groups is evaluated by gender, the closest results to all individuals' CA were obtained using the BEM. Accordingly, if it is desired to modify a valid age determination method for a population, children from different provinces should be included in the sample group, especially in countries like Turkiye, where many different ethnic origins live together.

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Age Determination by TeethAdolescentChildFemaleHumansMaleRadiography, PanoramicReproducibility of ResultsTurkeyBlenkin-Evans methodCameriere methodDental age estimationWillems method

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PMCPMC11806340

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