title: Micrometric measurements by scanning electron microscope (SEM) for dental age estimation in adults.
abstract: Determining age from dental structure is a well documented forensic procedure and the data may be used as auxiliary information in identification. In this study 20 measurements of different variables in incisor teeth were obtained using a SEM micrometric scaler and the results were stastically correlated with age by the multiple regression method. A formula was then derived from the calculations for age estimation which gave statistically acceptable results. Gender differences were also investigated and when separated delivered even stronger correlation.
authors.affiliation: University of Ankara, Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Kedici
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Atsü
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gökdemir
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sarikaya
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gürbüz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000366:Age Determination by Teeth / Q000379:methods*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005553:Forensic Dentistry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008875:Middle Aged; D009811:Odontometry