DETERMINATION OF AGE FROM TEETH USING INDEX VALUE OF ATTRITION

Authors

  • Sumit Seth Jr. Resident Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Assoc. Hospitals, New Delhi – 110 001
  • Upender Kishore Sr. Resident Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Assoc. Hospitals, New Delhi – 110 001
  • Atul Murari Professor Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Assoc. Hospitals, New Delhi – 110 001
  • G K Sharma Director Professor And Head. Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Assoc. Hospitals, New Delhi – 110 001

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Age estimation, incisor, attrition, index values

Abstract

Study was conducted in LHMC & Associated Smt Sucheta Kriplani Hospital New Delhi to estimate age from central maxillary incisor by calculating the index value of attrition. Total number of cases studied was one hundred and fifty. The objectives of the study were to evaluate the degree of attrition as objectively as possible, neutralizing the role of oral pathology and its correlation with age.  

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References

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4. Maples W R and Rice P M. Some difficulties in the Gustafson dental age estimations. J Forensic Sci 1979; 24: 168-172.

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Published

2003-07-30

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1&2 (2003): Indian Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology (Jan-Jun)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

DETERMINATION OF AGE FROM TEETH USING INDEX VALUE OF ATTRITION . (2003). Indian Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, 1(1&2), 7–10. https://doi.org/10.48165/