title: Age estimation from canine volumes.
abstract: Techniques for estimation of biological age are constantly evolving and are finding daily application in the forensic radiology field in cases concerning the estimation of the chronological age of a corpse in order to reconstruct the biological profile, or of a living subject, for example in cases of immigration of people without identity papers from a civil registry. The deposition of teeth secondary dentine and consequent decrease of pulp chamber in size are well known as aging phenomena, and they have been applied to the forensic context by the development of age estimation procedures, such as Kvaal-Solheim and Cameriere methods. The present study takes into consideration canines pulp chamber volume related to the entire teeth volume, with the aim of proposing new regression formulae for age estimation using 91 cone beam computerized scans and a freeware open-source software, in order to permit affordable reproducibility of volumes calculation.
authors.affiliation: LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Sezione di Medina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze, Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, via L. Mangiagalli, 37, 20133, Milan, Italy, danilo.deangelis@unimi.it.
authors.forename: Danilo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Angelis
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gaudio
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guercini
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cipriani
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gibelli
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Caputi
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cattaneo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000366:Age Determination by Teeth / Q000379:methods*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography; D003481:Cuspid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012984:Software