Zahnersatz, Wurzelkanalfüllungen und Parodontalbefunde zur Altersschätzung Jugendlicher und junger Erwachsener
Standard
Zahnersatz, Wurzelkanalfüllungen und Parodontalbefunde zur Altersschätzung Jugendlicher und junger Erwachsener : prädiktive Werte für die Bestimmung des vollendeten 18. Lebensjahres. / Friedrich, Reinhard E; v Maydell, Ljuba A; Ulbricht, Carsten; Scheuer, Hanna A.
In: Arch Kriminol, Vol. 216, No. 5-6, 2006, p. 166-80.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
Harvard
APA
Vancouver
Bibtex
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
T1 - Zahnersatz, Wurzelkanalfüllungen und Parodontalbefunde zur Altersschätzung Jugendlicher und junger Erwachsener
T2 - prädiktive Werte für die Bestimmung des vollendeten 18. Lebensjahres
AU - Friedrich, Reinhard E
AU - v Maydell, Ljuba A
AU - Ulbricht, Carsten
AU - Scheuer, Hanna A
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - UNLABELLED: The human teeth are a valuable source of information concerning identification and age calculation in forensic sciences. Dental treatment often causes permanent alteration of the teeth, which is visible on radiographs. The correlation of prosthetic restorations, root canal fillings and periodontal bone loss with chronological age has not yet been used for determining the completed 18th year of life in teenagers and young adults, e. g. for legal and anthropological purposes. The aim of this study was to determine whether the evaluation of such findings on radiographs correlates with the chronological age in teenagers and young adults.MATERIAL AND METHODS: The dental X-rays (orthopantomogram, OPG) of 1053 outpatients (age: 14 to 24 years) were avaluated. The values "prosthetically restored", "filled dental root", or "periodontal bone loss" were recorded for each tooth present. The data were then evaluated using statistical tools.RESULTS: The correlation between the number of prosthetically restored teeth and the chronological age is high. The positive predictive value of determining an age of at least 18 years proved to be very high. However, these findings are rarely present in this age group. The number of endodontically treated teeth correlated less exactly with age. On the other hand, the determination of periodontal bone loss gave reasonable positive predictive values for the threshold value "chronological age of 18 years or more".DISCUSSION: This study provides for the first time predictive values for the estimation whether a person is 18 years of age, based on the evaluation of teeth with prosthetic restorations, root canal fillings or periodontal bone loss on OPGs only. Whereas the number of patients with such findings is generally low in this age group, some of the positive findings can be used for age estimation as an adjunct to other sources of age calculation. The sole application of these criteria is not recommended, as sanitary conditions of the teeth depend on both social and individual circumstances. Therefore, the calculated values also reflect the culture of the sample studied. Finally, they are time-dependent and have to be compared to data from other populations. These results have some bearing on the field of forensic odontology.
AB - UNLABELLED: The human teeth are a valuable source of information concerning identification and age calculation in forensic sciences. Dental treatment often causes permanent alteration of the teeth, which is visible on radiographs. The correlation of prosthetic restorations, root canal fillings and periodontal bone loss with chronological age has not yet been used for determining the completed 18th year of life in teenagers and young adults, e. g. for legal and anthropological purposes. The aim of this study was to determine whether the evaluation of such findings on radiographs correlates with the chronological age in teenagers and young adults.MATERIAL AND METHODS: The dental X-rays (orthopantomogram, OPG) of 1053 outpatients (age: 14 to 24 years) were avaluated. The values "prosthetically restored", "filled dental root", or "periodontal bone loss" were recorded for each tooth present. The data were then evaluated using statistical tools.RESULTS: The correlation between the number of prosthetically restored teeth and the chronological age is high. The positive predictive value of determining an age of at least 18 years proved to be very high. However, these findings are rarely present in this age group. The number of endodontically treated teeth correlated less exactly with age. On the other hand, the determination of periodontal bone loss gave reasonable positive predictive values for the threshold value "chronological age of 18 years or more".DISCUSSION: This study provides for the first time predictive values for the estimation whether a person is 18 years of age, based on the evaluation of teeth with prosthetic restorations, root canal fillings or periodontal bone loss on OPGs only. Whereas the number of patients with such findings is generally low in this age group, some of the positive findings can be used for age estimation as an adjunct to other sources of age calculation. The sole application of these criteria is not recommended, as sanitary conditions of the teeth depend on both social and individual circumstances. Therefore, the calculated values also reflect the culture of the sample studied. Finally, they are time-dependent and have to be compared to data from other populations. These results have some bearing on the field of forensic odontology.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Age Determination by Teeth
KW - Alveolar Bone Loss
KW - Anodontia
KW - DMF Index
KW - Dental Prosthesis
KW - Dental Restoration, Permanent
KW - Female
KW - Forensic Dentistry
KW - Germany
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Prevalence
KW - Radiography, Panoramic
KW - Reproducibility of Results
KW - Sensitivity and Specificity
KW - Statistics as Topic
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
C2 - 16430054
VL - 216
SP - 166
EP - 180
JO - Arch Kriminol
JF - Arch Kriminol
SN - 0003-9225
IS - 5-6
ER -
