Department of Forensic Odontology, Faculty of Dental Medicine Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia.
Department of Basic Sciences and Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Sains Islam, Malaysia.
Biomed Res Int. 2022 Jul 7;2022:9692214. doi: 10.1155/2022/9692214. eCollection 2022.
Dental age estimation has been employed in a range of legal operations as well as catastrophe victim identification. Dental age estimation is regarded as an appropriate method for estimating a person's age because there is a high association between age and teeth. This study aims to assess the suitability of the Al Qahtani and Willems dental age estimation approaches for the Indonesian children and adolescent population.
A total of 150 panoramic radiographs of patients (75 boys and 75 girls, 6-17 years old) were obtained from the Department of Radiology, Airlangga University, Indonesia. One researcher analyzed estimated dental age (EDA) twice in a one-week time-lapse using the Willems and Al Qahtani methods. The statistical analysis of the present study was carried out using IBM® SPSS® Statistics version 25.0 (IBM, Armonk, NY, USA).
The mean of this study's chronological age (CA) was 11.60 ± 3.41. Using the Willems method, the mean difference between CA and EDA for boys and girls was -0.41 ± 0.90. The mean difference between CA and EDA for boys and girls is 0.33 ± 0.61 using the Al Qahtani method.
According to the findings of this investigation, the dental age estimation method proposed by Al Qahtani and Willems can be applied to the population in Surabaya. However, a comprehensive study is required when using this method because the data revealed significant statistical disparities between the two methods.
牙龄估测在法律程序和灾难受害者身份识别等方面得到了广泛应用。牙龄估测被认为是一种估算个体年龄的合适方法,因为年龄与牙齿之间存在高度关联。本研究旨在评估 Al Qahtani 和 Willems 牙龄估测方法在印度尼西亚儿童和青少年人群中的适用性。
从印度尼西亚 Airlangga 大学放射科共获得 150 名患者的全景 X 光片(75 名男孩和 75 名女孩,年龄 6-17 岁)。一名研究人员使用 Willems 和 Al Qahtani 方法,在一周的时间间隔内对估计牙龄(EDA)进行了两次分析。本研究的统计分析采用 IBM® SPSS® Statistics 版本 25.0(IBM,Armonk,NY,USA)进行。
本研究的实际年龄(CA)平均值为 11.60±3.41。使用 Willems 方法,男孩和女孩的 CA 和 EDA 之间的平均差值为-0.41±0.90。使用 Al Qahtani 方法,男孩和女孩的 CA 和 EDA 之间的平均差值为 0.33±0.61。
根据本研究的结果,Al Qahtani 和 Willems 提出的牙龄估测方法可应用于泗水市人群。然而,由于两种方法之间存在显著的统计学差异,因此在使用这种方法时需要进行全面研究。