Section of Legal Medicine, University of Bari, P.zza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Forensic Sci Int. 2009 Dec 15;193(1-3):129.e1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.09.014. Epub 2009 Oct 22.
In recent years, skeletal age determination has become increasingly important in criminal investigations for determining the age of living individuals. To increase diagnostic accuracy, a physical examination, an X-ray examination of the left hand, as well as a dental examination including the determination of the dental status and an X-ray of the dentition should always be performed. In this work, the authors analyze a sample of 52 illegal immigrants who came under their observation in the period from May 1989 to September 2007. A statistical analysis of the results of dental and skeletal age estimations was performed as well as an analysis between the reported and assessed ages. The results showed a significant difference between reported age and assessed biological age (p<0.001); however, no statistical difference was shown between skeletal and assessed dental age (p=0.431).
近年来，骨骼年龄测定在犯罪调查中对于确定活体个人的年龄变得越来越重要。为了提高诊断准确性，应始终进行体格检查、左手 X 光检查以及包括确定牙齿状况和牙齿 X 光检查在内的牙科检查。在这项工作中，作者分析了 1989 年 5 月至 2007 年 9 月期间观察到的 52 名非法移民的样本。对牙齿和骨骼年龄估计的结果进行了统计分析，并对报告年龄和评估年龄进行了分析。结果表明，报告年龄与评估生物年龄之间存在显著差异（p<0.001）；然而，骨骼年龄与评估的牙齿年龄之间没有统计学差异（p=0.431）。
