Orthodontic Treatment: Real Risk for Dental Age Estimation in Adults?. Issue 4 (2nd June 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Marroquin Penaloza, Talia Yolanda; Karkhanis, Shalmira; Kvaal, Sigrid Ingeborg; Vasudavan, Sivabalan; Castelblanco, Edwin; Kruger, Estie; Tennant, Marc
• Is Part Of: Journal of forensic sciences. Volume 62:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 907
• Page End: 910
• Publication Date: 2017-06-02
• Subjects: forensic science -- dental age estimation -- secondary dentin formation -- adults -- orthodontic treatment -- root resorption; Medical jurisprudence -- Periodicals; Forensic sciences -- Periodicals; Forensic Medicine -- Periodicals; Gerechtelijke geneeskunde; Gerechtelijke chemie; Gerechtelijke psychiatrie; 363.2505
• DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.13371
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-1198

Abstract

Abstract: Dental age estimation becomes a challenge once the root formation is concluded. In living adults, one dental age indicator is the formation of secondary dentine, also associated with orthodontic treatment as well as root shortening. The aim of this study was to establish whether these secondary effects of orthodontic treatment could generate a statistically significant difference in dental age estimations when using Kvaal's method. The study sample included 34 pairs of pre‐ and postorthodontic panoramic radiographs, from different individuals with exactly the same age and sex distribution. Females 65%, median age 17.5 years, and males 35%, median age 22.5 years, were included. After data collection, dental age was estimated per tooth using formulae previously published. The risk of obtaining over‐estimation of age was calculated. (RR = 1.007). The changes caused by orthodontic treatment do not have any significant effect on age estimation when Kvaal et al.'s method is applied on panoramic radiographs.