Prabhu Rachana V, Satoskar Sujata, Dinkar Ajit D, Prabhu Vishnudas Dinesh
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Yenepoya Dental College, Yenepoya University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
J Forensic Leg Med. 2013 Aug;20(6):788-91. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2013.06.004. Epub 2013 Jun 27.
Age estimation is a sub-discipline of the forensic sciences and an important part of every identification process, especially when information relating to the deceased is unavailable. In India, close to 3.5 million women work as commercial sex workers (CSW) of which 1.2 million are under aged.
To assess the dental and the skeletal age of rescued female CSWs with an intention of rehabilitation of the minors.
Dental age assessment of 32 rescued female CSWs with unknown age was done based on the radiographic analysis using regression equations derived in a Qualitative and Quantitative study by Dinkar A D. The skeletal age was assessed based on physical and radiological examination of the skeletal bones by Forensic experts.
It was observed that the estimated age of the CSWs ranged from 7 to 22 years out of which 22 cases (68.75%) were found to be below 18 years. When the dental and skeletal age was compared the maximum variation ranged between ± 12 months (1 year). Although the CSWs were found to be from different parts of India, maximum number of the cases (50%) was from Andhra Pradesh and one case (3.13%) was from Nepal.
Dental age assessment using qualitative and quantitative method given by Dinkar A D can be thought of a reliable method for dental age assessment as it didn't show much variation when compared to the skeletal age of the 32 CSWs. In the present study 68.75% of the females were minor which shows that the number of minors being trapped in the trade of prostitution is increasing. Rescuing and rehabilitation of these minors is of paramount importance.
年龄估计是法医学的一个子领域，也是每次身份鉴定过程的重要组成部分，尤其是在与死者相关的信息无法获取时。在印度，近350万女性从事商业性工作者（CSW）职业，其中120万是未成年人。
评估获救女性商业性工作者的牙齿和骨骼年龄，以便对未成年人进行康复治疗。
对32名年龄不明的获救女性商业性工作者进行牙齿年龄评估，基于Dinkar A D在定性和定量研究中得出的回归方程进行放射学分析。骨骼年龄由法医专家通过对骨骼的体格检查和放射学检查进行评估。
观察到商业性工作者的估计年龄在7至22岁之间，其中22例（68.75%）被发现未满18岁。比较牙齿年龄和骨骼年龄时，最大差异在±12个月（1年）之间。尽管商业性工作者来自印度不同地区，但大多数病例（50%）来自安得拉邦，1例（3.13%）来自尼泊尔。
使用Dinkar A D给出的定性和定量方法进行牙齿年龄评估，可以被认为是一种可靠的牙齿年龄评估方法，因为与32名商业性工作者的骨骼年龄相比，它没有显示出太大差异。在本研究中，68.75%的女性是未成年人，这表明陷入卖淫行业的未成年人数量正在增加。拯救和康复这些未成年人至关重要。
