Solheim T
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 1984 Jun;5(2):181-4.
An alternative technique for sectioning teeth for age estimation, the half tooth technique, is presented. In a sample of 10 pairs of contralateral teeth, the measurements and calculated age obtained with this technique were compared with those obtained by the conventional thin section technique. Age calculations were performed according to the methods of Bang and Ramm , Dalitz , Johanson, and Miles. The half tooth technique was easy to perform and the cut surface produced was found to be suitable for measurements of the factors used in age calculations. Although a tendency for higher measurements was found using the half tooth technique, the difference was not significant for any type of measurement (P greater than 0.05). A significantly higher age from the half teeth was found when calculated by the method of Bang and Ramm , but this seems to be based on an inaccuracy in their method. Therefore, the methods used for calculating the age based on thin sections can be applied successfully to the half tooth technique.
本文介绍了一种用于牙齿切片以估计年龄的替代技术——半牙技术。在10对侧牙样本中，将该技术获得的测量值和计算年龄与传统薄片技术获得的测量值和计算年龄进行了比较。根据班格和拉姆、达利茨、约翰森以及迈尔斯的方法进行年龄计算。半牙技术操作简便，发现所产生的切割面适合用于年龄计算中所使用因素的测量。尽管使用半牙技术时发现有测量值偏高的趋势，但对于任何类型的测量，差异均不显著（P大于0.05）。采用班格和拉姆的方法计算时，半牙得出的年龄显著更高，但这似乎是基于他们方法中的不准确之处。因此，基于薄片计算年龄的方法可以成功应用于半牙技术。
