title: Age estimation from teeth in children and adolescents.
abstract: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to evaluate the dental formulas according to age because of possible changes during the last decades. From these dental formulas, the median age of emergence for the permanent teeth was deduced. The study population corresponded to the 1 to 15 year-old children who had consulted either a pediatric dentist or orthodontist in the city of Nice (France). Data were collected from the 5,848 patients' charts that included an orthopantomography. This permitted the observation of emerged teeth and agenesis. Bar charts were used to indicate the dental formula according to age. There was no significant difference in the emergence pattern of both controlateral maxillary and mandibular teeth. Only the anterior tooth emergence significantly differed according to the maxillary. The lower central incisor was the lone tooth with a median age earlier than others; the remaining teeth had an age equivalent to those of previously estimates.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biomateriaux Dentaires et d'Odontologie Expérimentale. Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis. 24 av. des diables bleus. 06300 Nice, France. muller@unice.fr
authors.forename: Michèle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muller-Bolla
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lupi-Pégurier
authors.forename: Gérald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Quatrehomme
authors.forename: Ana Myriam
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Velly
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bolla
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000366:Age Determination by Teeth / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D019229:Dentition, Permanent; D005553:Forensic Dentistry / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous