Correlation between Skeletal Age and Dental Age in Living Individuals

Authors

  • GA Sunil Kumar Sharma Professor Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi
  • Anurag Jain Staff Surgeon, Department of Dental Surgery, VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi
  • Abhishek Yadav Assist. Prof, Dept. of FMT, AIIMS, New Delhi
  • D Kabi Prof & HOD, Department of Dental Surgery, VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi
  • Anil Kumar Director Prof& Head, Dept. of FMT VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

skeletal age, dental age, Pearson correlation coefficient

Abstract

The age determination of living individuals of unknown chronological age, has assumed a very  strong role in juvenile crimes in India. Many cases are being referred by courts for age determination of  such ‘juveniles in conflict with law’, in which the most important cut off age is 18 years. Age estimation of  unknown chronological age is a big challenge for law enforcement agents which have become more  important due to ever increasing incidences of heinous crimes committed by juveniles. We present a  review of correlation of skeletal age measured by X-rays of various joints and dental age measured by  OPG (Orthopantograms) of a population of 150 cases of age estimation cases sent to our hospital by  various courts of law at Delhi, capital city of India. The result was subjected to statistical analysis by using  Pairwise Pearson's correlation (0.885) which suggests highly significant correlation. The result shows  statistically highly significant correlation between the said parameters.  

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Published

2015-10-30

Issue

Vol. 37 No. 3 (2015): Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine (July-September)

Section

Original Research Paper

How to Cite

Sharma, G. S. K., Jain, A., Yadav, A., Kabi, D., & Kumar , A. (2015). Correlation between Skeletal Age and Dental Age in Living Individuals . Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine, 37(3), 283-285. https://doi.org/10.48165/