Jagannathan N, Neelakantan P, Thiruvengadam C, Ramani P, Premkumar P, Natesan A, Herald J S, Luder H U
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha University, 167, PH Road, Velappanchavadi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
J Forensic Odontostomatol. 2011 Jul 1;29(1):1-6.
The present study assessed the suitability of pulp/tooth volume ratio of mandibular canines for age prediction in an Indian population. Volumetric reconstruction of scanned images of mandibular canines from 140 individuals (aged ten - 70 years), using computed tomography was used to measure pulp and tooth volumes. Age calculated using a formula reported earlier for a Belgian sample, resulted in errors > ten years in almost 86% of the study population. The regression equation obtained for the Indian population: Age = 57.18 + (- 413.41 x pulp/tooth volume ratio), was applied to an independent control group (n = 48), and this resulted in mean absolute errors of 8.54 years which was significantly (p < 0.05) lower than those derived with the Belgian formula. The pulp/tooth volume ratio is a useful indicator of age, although correlations may vary in different populations and hence, specific formulae should be applied for the estimates.
本研究评估了下颌尖牙的髓腔/牙齿体积比在印度人群中用于年龄预测的适用性。使用计算机断层扫描对140名个体(年龄在10 - 70岁之间)的下颌尖牙扫描图像进行体积重建,以测量髓腔和牙齿的体积。使用先前报道的针对比利时样本的公式计算年龄,结果显示在几乎86%的研究人群中误差超过10岁。为印度人群获得的回归方程:年龄 = 57.18 + (-413.41×髓腔/牙齿体积比),应用于一个独立的对照组(n = 48),这导致平均绝对误差为8.54岁,显著低于(p < 0.05)使用比利时公式得出的误差。髓腔/牙齿体积比是年龄的一个有用指标,尽管不同人群中的相关性可能有所不同,因此,应使用特定公式进行估计。