Balla Sudheer B, Venkat Baghirath P, Hari Vinay B, Vijay Kumar J, Babu D B Gandhi
Department of Forensic Odontology, Panineeya Mahavidyalaya Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Center, Road No. 5, Kamala Nagar, Dilsukhnagar, 500060, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Panineeya Mahavidyalaya Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Center, Hyderabad, India.
J Forensic Leg Med. 2016 Oct;43:21-25. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2016.07.004. Epub 2016 Jul 11.
Age estimation in forensic context is of prime importance for criminal, civil and administrative laws. The objective of this study is to test the accuracy of 3 methods of age estimation in South Indian children (preadolescents) aged between 7 and 15 years. It is a retrospective study of orthopantamograms (OPGs) of 150 children among which 79 were boys and 71 were girls. Cameriere's, Willems and Acharya's age estimation methods were used to predict chronological age. Paired t-test was used to compare all data and relationships between continuous variables were examined using Pearson's correlation coefficient. The Cameriere's method Underestimated the real age by -0.62 years in boys and -0.54 years in girls. Both Willems and Acharya's methods overestimated age in both sexes by 0.41, 0.18 years and 0.41, 0.47 years respectively.
在法医背景下，年龄估计对于刑法、民法和行政法至关重要。本研究的目的是测试三种年龄估计方法在7至15岁的南印度儿童（青春期前儿童）中的准确性。这是一项对150名儿童的全景曲面断层片（OPG）进行的回顾性研究，其中79名是男孩，71名是女孩。使用卡梅里埃、威廉姆斯和阿查里亚的年龄估计方法来预测实际年龄。采用配对t检验比较所有数据，并使用皮尔逊相关系数检验连续变量之间的关系。卡梅里埃方法在男孩中低估实际年龄0.62岁，在女孩中低估0.54岁。威廉姆斯和阿查里亚的方法在两性中分别高估年龄0.41、0.18岁和0.41、0.47岁。
