Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15644/asc55/4/6
Testing the Olze and Timme Methods for Dental Age Estimation in Radiographs of Brazilian Subadults and Adults
Thaís Uenoyama Dezem
orcid.org/0000-0002-2752-0781
; Department of Social Odontology, Forensic Odontology Division, Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil
Ademir Franco
; Division of Forensic Dentistry, Faculdade São Leopoldo Mandic, Instituto de Pesquisas São Leopoldo Mandic, Campinas, Brazil; Department of Therapeutic Stomatology, Institute of Dentistry, Sechenov University; Centre of Forensic and Legal Medicine and Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Dundee, United Kingdom
Carlos Eduardo Machado Palhares
; Department of Federal Police, National Institute of Criminalistics, Brasília, Brazil.
Alexandre Raphael Deitos
; Department of Federal Police, National Institute of Criminalistics, Brasília, Brazil.
Ricardo Henrique Alves da Silva
; Department of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.
Bianca Marques Santiago
; Department of Dentistry, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil
Isabella Lima Arrais Ribeiro
; Department of Dentistry, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil
Eduardo Daruge Junior
; Scientific Police of Paraiba, João Pessoa, Brazil
Abstract
Aim: This study aimed to test the applicability of the methods proposed by Olze et al. (2012) and Timme et al. for dental age estimation in Brazilian subadults and adults. Material and methods: Panoramic radiographs of 503 individuals aged between 20 and 70 years were analyzed. The mean chronological age of males and females of the sample was 29.04 and 29.97 years, receptively. Secondary dentin formation, cementum apposition, periodontal recession, and attrition of teeth #34, #35, #44 and #45 teeth were assessed as parameters to be calculated in the formulae designed by Olze et al. and Timme et al. Results: In males, the mean estimated age by the Olze method was 28.97 ± 2.86 years, while in females it was 27.85 ± 2.70 years. The Timme method estimated mean age for males of 32.54 ± 5.32 years and for females 33.09 ± 5.16 years. Low coefficients of determination (r 2 ) for the application of tooth-specific formulae of both methods suggest that estimated and chronological ages were not properly associated. Conclusion: The outcomes of this study indicate that the Olze and Timme methods may be limited for forensic applications in Brazilian subadults and adults. Country-specific statistical adjustments might be useful for improvements in practice
Keywords
MeSH terms: Age Determination by Teeth Author keywords: Age Estimation; Dental Development; Forensic Dentistry; Radiology
Hrčak ID:
267585
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Publication date:
17.12.2021.
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