title: Estimation of Age Using Alveolar Bone Loss: Forensic and Anthropological Applications.
abstract: The objective of this study was to utilize a new odontological methodological approach based on radiographic for age estimation. The study was comprised of 397 participants aged between 9 and 87 years. A clinical examination and a radiographic assessment of alveolar bone loss were performed. Direct measures of alveolar bone level were recorded using CT scans. A medical examination report was attached to the investigation file. Because of the link between alveolar bone loss and age, a model was proposed to enable simple, reliable, and quick age estimation. This work added new arguments for age estimation. This study aimed to develop a simple, standardized, and reproducible technique for age estimation of adults of actual populations in forensic medicine and ancient populations in funeral anthropology.
authors.affiliation: Unité Mixte de Recherche 7268 ADÉS, Aix-Marseille Université/EFS/CNRS, Faculté de Médecine Secteur Nord, Bâtiment A - CS80011, 51 Bd Pierre Dramard, 13344, Marseille Cedex 15, France.|UFR d'Odontologie, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385, Marseille Cedex 5, France.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruquet
authors.affiliation: Unité Mixte de Recherche 7268 ADÉS, Aix-Marseille Université/EFS/CNRS, Faculté de Médecine Secteur Nord, Bâtiment A - CS80011, 51 Bd Pierre Dramard, 13344, Marseille Cedex 15, France.
authors.forename: Bérengère
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Saliba-Serre
authors.affiliation: Unité Mixte de Recherche 7268 ADÉS, Aix-Marseille Université/EFS/CNRS, Faculté de Médecine Secteur Nord, Bâtiment A - CS80011, 51 Bd Pierre Dramard, 13344, Marseille Cedex 15, France.|UFR d'Odontologie, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385, Marseille Cedex 5, France.
authors.forename: Delphine
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tardivo
authors.affiliation: Unité Mixte de Recherche 7268 ADÉS, Aix-Marseille Université/EFS/CNRS, Faculté de Médecine Secteur Nord, Bâtiment A - CS80011, 51 Bd Pierre Dramard, 13344, Marseille Cedex 15, France.|UFR d'Odontologie, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385, Marseille Cedex 5, France.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Foti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton / Q000379:methods*; D000366:Age Determination by Teeth / Q000379:methods*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D018732:Forensic Anthropology; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015233:Models, Statistical; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: age estimation; alveolar bone loss; bootstrap method; forensic anthropology; forensic science; tomodensitometry