title: [Determination of dental age].
abstract: A review of the most commonly used dental age estimating techniques is generated. The most important issue for the forensic odontologist involved in dental age estimation is to employ as many of these methods as possible by performing repetitive measurements and calculations of different age-related parameters. That is the only way in order to try and establish reliable dental age estimations. In particular, a special chapter is attributed to the complex problem of determining the age of majority.
authors.affiliation: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculté de Medecine, Ecole de Médecine Dentaire, Stomatologie et Chirurgie Maxillo-faciale Service d'Odontologie légale, Kapucijnenvoer 7, B-3000 Louvain.
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Willems
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000366:Age Determination by Teeth / Q000379:methods*; D005553:Forensic Dentistry / Q000379:methods*; D050276:Hand Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic