title: A histological procedure to determine dental age.
abstract: Sclerosis of dentine has become one of the well established indicators of ageing and age determination. In this study a new technique was reported where a photomicrographic image of a cross section of sclerotic dentine was converted to a grey scale of 256 tones and then reduced to black and white and read by computer using specially developed software. A regression analysis was applied to a sample of 62 teeth (age range 17-84 years) and an age determination within an error limit of 11 years was obtained. Using a Neural Network software however the error was reduced to 8 years.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Brescia-Piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Amariti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Restori
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Ferrari
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Paganelli
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Faglia
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Legnani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000366:Age Determination by Teeth / Q000379:methods*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003809:Dentin, Secondary / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D010784:Photomicrography; D012044:Regression Analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results