Assessment of age of majority by measurement of open apices of the third molars using Cameriere′s third molar maturity index

Abstract

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: Evaluation of biological age of a living subject around the legal cutoff age for adulthood has become a grave concern for forensic experts in India, mainly due to the consequences of criminal obligations in judicial proceedings. Thus, this study was planned to examine the open apices of third molars in discriminating between individuals who are aged 18 years or older and who are not 18 years or older and to assign a cutoff for estimation of the age of 18 years. MATERIALS AND METHODS: is zero; otherwise, it is calculated as the sum of the distances between the inner sides of the two open apices divided by the tooth length. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: is efficacious to determine age in Indian population.

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