title: Age estimation from the structure of adult human teeth: review of the literature.
abstract: The literature on age estimation from the structure of adult human teeth is reviewed. Several anatomic changes of teeth have been shown to be valuable in age determination, but there is still controversy concerning the accuracy of cemental annulation. It is believed that improvements in age estimation can be made using direct measurement rather than scoring systems.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Forensic Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, P.R., China.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Philipsen
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Jablonski
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000366:Age Determination by Teeth; D005553:Forensic Dentistry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans