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Age Estimation Using Cervical Vertebrae


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1 Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, College of Dental Sciences, Davangere 577 004, Karnataka, India
     

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Background and Objectives:

Age estimation is important in identification of an individual. Teeth and bones are commonly used for determination of age, due to their resistance to destruction. The importance of evaluating skeletal maturation using hand wrist radiograph was long recognized. Only few studies had been carried out to suggesting the usefulness of cervical vertebra in lateral cephalometric radiograph for age estimation. The present study was undertaken to correlate the chronological age, with the age determined by dental, skeletal and vertebral maturation to provide information in assessing the age using cervical vertebrae.


Keywords

Dental Maturation, Skeletal Maturation, Cervical Vertebrae Maturity Index, IOPAR, Hand Wrist Radiograph, Lateral Cephalometric Radiograph
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Authors

CSK Chaitanya Nallan
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, College of Dental Sciences, Davangere 577 004, Karnataka, India
I. M. Ali
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, College of Dental Sciences, Davangere 577 004, Karnataka, India
M. C. Shashikanth
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, College of Dental Sciences, Davangere 577 004, Karnataka, India

Abstract


Background and Objectives:

Age estimation is important in identification of an individual. Teeth and bones are commonly used for determination of age, due to their resistance to destruction. The importance of evaluating skeletal maturation using hand wrist radiograph was long recognized. Only few studies had been carried out to suggesting the usefulness of cervical vertebra in lateral cephalometric radiograph for age estimation. The present study was undertaken to correlate the chronological age, with the age determined by dental, skeletal and vertebral maturation to provide information in assessing the age using cervical vertebrae.


Keywords


Dental Maturation, Skeletal Maturation, Cervical Vertebrae Maturity Index, IOPAR, Hand Wrist Radiograph, Lateral Cephalometric Radiograph

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