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Bulletin of the International Association for Paleodontology, Vol. 19 No. 1, 2025.

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The applicability of Demirjian’s and Nolla’s dental age estimation methods for children in Surabaya, Indonesia

Arofi Kurniawan orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-4698-9876 *
An’nisaa Chusida
Maria Istiqomah Marini
Beta Novia Rizky
Beshlina Fitri Widayanti Roosyanto Prakoeswa
Patricia Shankar Jethani
Jeremy Matthew Emmanuella Lomo
Rafi Danabrata
Anand Marya
Aspalilah Alias
Rabiah Al-Adawiyah Rahmat

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str. 25-32

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Sažetak

Accurate age estimation in children is crucial in various justice-related contexts, including adoption, asylum applications, and immigration cases. Additionally, dental age estimation plays a key role in treatment planning within pediatric dentistry and orthodontics. This study aimed to evaluate the applicability of two widely used dental age estimation methods—Demirjian and Nolla—for children aged 6 to 15 years in Surabaya, Indonesia. A total of 200 panoramic radiographs from the Dental Hospital of Universitas Airlangga were analyzed to compare chronological age (CA) and estimated dental age (DA). The results revealed significant differences between CA and DA when using the Demirjian method for males (p < 0.05) and the Nolla method for both sexes (p < 0.05). However, no statistically significant differences were found for females using the Demirjian method. The Demirjian method demonstrated greater accuracy, with the lowest mean absolute error (MAE) of 0.92 years for males and 0.82 years for females, compared to the Nolla method, which showed an MAE of 1.11 years for males and 0.87 years for females. These findings suggest that the Demirjian method is more reliable, particularly for estimating the dental age of females in the Surabaya population. Moreover, the Demirjian method showed higher accuracy in younger children (ages 6–10 years), whereas the Nolla method performed better in older children (ages 11–15 years).

Ključne riječi

age determination by teeth; forensic dentistry; Indonesians; legal identity; tooth calcification

Hrčak ID:

332387

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/332387

Datum izdavanja:

18.6.2025.

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