title: Dental age assessment: the applicability of Demirjian method in eastern Turkish children.
abstract: In the literature, little is known about the applicability of this method in Turkish children. The aim of this study was, therefore, to evaluate the reliability of Demirjian method of age estimation when used for eastern Turkish children. A retrospective study was performed on a sample of panoramic radiographs taken from 807 healthy eastern Turkish children. The stages of dental maturity of the mandibular left seven permanent teeth for each subject using the eight radiographic dental maturity stages demonstrated by Demirjian were evaluated. A paired t-test was used for statistical analysis. The mean difference between the chronological and dental ages ranged from 0.2 to 1.9 years in girls and from 0.4 to 1.3 years in boys. The differences between the chronological and dental ages were statistically significant in all age groups. The applicability of Demirjian method is not suitable for eastern Turkish population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey. mevlutcelikoglu@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Mevlut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Celikoglu
authors.forename: Kenan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cantekin
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ceylan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000366:Age Determination by Teeth / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005553:Forensic Dentistry / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014421:Turkey