The comparison between two age estimation methods based on human teeth

Elżbieta Żądzińska; Andrea G. Drusini; Nicola Carrara

doi:10.18778/1898-6773.63.07

Authors

Elżbieta Żądzińska Department of Anthropology, University of Łódź, Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Łódź, Poland
Andrea G. Drusini Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via Bassi 58B, 35131 Padua, Italy
Nicola Carrara Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via Bassi 58B, 35131 Padua, Italy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/1898-6773.63.07

Keywords:

teeth, ageing, coronal pulp cavity, root dentin transparency

Abstract

From among age estimation procedures we chose two for comparison. One of them is the standard method based on root dentin transparency; the other one is based on coronal pulp cavity heigth. The material consisted of X-ray photographs and longitudinally sectioned teeth of 276 individuals (174 males and 102 females) of known age. The comparison shows that the poorly known TCI method is at least as precise as the most widely applied and acknowledged procedure based on longitudinal sections of teeth.

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