title: Age estimation by measurements of developing teeth: accuracy of Cameriere's method on a Brazilian sample.
abstract: Developing teeth are commonly the criteria used for age estimation in children and young adults. The method developed by Cameriere et al. (Int J Legal Med 2006;120:49-52) is based on measures of teeth with open apex, and application of a formula, to estimate chronological age of children. The present study evaluated a sample of panoramic radiographs from Brazilian children from 5 to 15 years of age, to evaluate the accuracy of the method proposed by Cameriere et al. The results has proven the system reliable for age estimation, with a median residual error of -0.014 years between chronological and estimated ages (p = 0.603). There was a slight tendency to overestimate the ages of 5-10 years and underestimate the ages of 11-15 years.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Service of State Prosecution of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mário Marques
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: Rachel Lima Ribeiro
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Tinoco
authors.forename: Daniel Pereira Parreiras
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: de Braganca
authors.forename: Silas Henrique Rabelo
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: de Lima
authors.forename: Luiz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Francesquini Junior
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Daruge Junior
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000366:Age Determination by Teeth / Q000379:methods*; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019229:Dentition, Permanent; D005260:Female; D005553:Forensic Dentistry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D019227:Tooth Apex / Q000033:anatomy & histology*