ArticleCureus2026
Assessment of Pulp-Tooth Ratio Based on 3D Segmentation for Age Estimation for Forensic Purposes in a Senegalese Population.
Article in Cureus, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
introductionThe advent of 3D imaging has created a significant opportunity to enhance the accuracy of age estimation. By utilizing 3D segmentation, it is now possible to evaluate the three-dimensional pulp volume as an indicator of age. This study aimed to estimate the age of Senegalese individuals through 3D canine segmentation. MATERIALS AND
methodsA total of 90 Cone Beam CT radiographs of Senegalese subjects, aged between 20 and 87 years, were analyzed. The methodology involved segmenting the hard tissues of the canine teeth, followed by the pulp tissues, and subsequently calculating the ratio (R) of pulp tissue volume to hard tissue volume to estimate the subjects' chronological age. Correlations between quantitative variables were assessed, with statistical significance set at p<0.05 for all tests conducted.
resultsThe findings indicated that the mean volumes of dental tissues were greater in men compared to women. There was no statistically significant relationship between age and hard tissue volume (p<0.126), with a correlation coefficient of r=0.351. However, the correlation between age and pulp tissue volume was statistically significant (p<0.018), with a correlation coefficient of r=-0.637. Additionally, the regression analysis between age and the ratio was statistically significant (p<0.001). The regression equation for age versus the ratio is provided below: Y = -2257.98216x + 116.3490967 (where Y represents age and x represents the ratio R).
conclusionThe 3D segmentation of canine tissues presents an innovative method for estimating age in adult Senegalese individuals.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.