Journal of Forensic Research

Department of Osteoarticular Radiology, Lapeyronie University Hospital, Montpellier, France

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• Research   
  Validation of CT Scan Compared to Panoramic Dental X−ray in Forensic Age Assessment of Young Living French Individuals According to Demirjian Mandibular Third Molar Development Stages
  Author(s): Nicolas Hennequin, Maisy Lossois, Valérie Maciocé, Eric Baccino, Catherine Cyteval* and Maxime Pastor
  
  In forensic medicine, there has been a marked rise in demand for age estimation in recent years with the growing global migration trend. Forensic age estimation should be based on clinical examinations, hand radiography, as well as orthopantomography and clavicle CT scan if wrist bone fusion is in a late maturation stage. Orthopantomography is based on the mandibular third molar mineralization stage according to the Demirjian method. This study was carried out to validate the efficacity of CT scan with the Demirjian method to determine whether a single CT scan would be sufficient for mandible and clavicle examination. This exhaustive monocentric study included 201 living individuals up to 25 years old who had undergone orthopantomography and CT scan less than 2 months apart between 2007 and 2020. We compared mandibular third molar development stages that had been attributed via the tw.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2157-7145.2023.14.554

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