SONDE (Sound of Dentistry)
Vol. 5 No. 1 (2020): SONDE (Sound of Dentistry)

Dental Age Estimation of Indonesian Population : A Literature Review

Rosalina Intan Saputri (Fakultas Kedokteran Gigi Universitas Maranatha)



Article Info

Publish Date
08 Apr 2020

Abstract

Age is one of the important parts of the identification process, which is an requirement in legal framework, criminal investigation, and, in health care, to provide significant information for diagnosis and treatment planning. Age estimation is a major study in forensic, especially when the information related to the deceased is unavailable. Dental is one of the strong variables which could be used in estimating the age of living or deceased. Dental age estimation methods were mainly based on the changes in tooth development which influenced by diverse internal and external factor. Therefore, studies of dental age estimation of various population were resulted different discrepancies. This paper reviews about studies of dental age estimation specifically in Indonesian population, including the population age, age estimation methods, study sample, and studies’ findings.

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Journal Info

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sod

Publisher

Subject

Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Dentistry Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Public Health

Description

SONDE (Sound of Dentistry) is an open access journal under management of Faculty of Dentistry Maranatha Christian University which present original research articles, review articles, and case report that sounding the innovation and recent development in dentistry. SONDE is covering all area of ...