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. 2011 Nov;56(6):1616-9.
doi: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01860.x. Epub 2011 Aug 9.

Age estimation by measurements of developing teeth: accuracy of Cameriere's method on a Brazilian sample

Mário Marques Fernandes  1 , Rachel Lima Ribeiro Tinoco, Daniel Pereira Parreiras de Braganca, Silas Henrique Rabelo de Lima, Luiz Francesquini Junior, Eduardo Daruge Junior
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Age estimation by measurements of developing teeth: accuracy of Cameriere's method on a Brazilian sample

Mário Marques Fernandes et al. J Forensic Sci. 2011 Nov.

Abstract

Developing teeth are commonly the criteria used for age estimation in children and young adults. The method developed by Cameriere et al. (Int J Legal Med 2006;120:49-52) is based on measures of teeth with open apex, and application of a formula, to estimate chronological age of children. The present study evaluated a sample of panoramic radiographs from Brazilian children from 5 to 15 years of age, to evaluate the accuracy of the method proposed by Cameriere et al. The results has proven the system reliable for age estimation, with a median residual error of -0.014 years between chronological and estimated ages (p = 0.603). There was a slight tendency to overestimate the ages of 5-10 years and underestimate the ages of 11-15 years.

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