Dental Age Estimation of 6–15 Years Old Children by Comparative Evaluation of Two Radiographic Methods Gopakumar Manju*, Professor, Joshi Aum, Post Graduate Student, Hegde Amitha, Senior Professor and Head Dept. of Pedodontics & Preventive Children, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore *Corresponding Author: Dr. Manju Gopakumar, Professor, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Children Dentistry, A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore. Fax no: 0824-2204572, Email: gopsmanju@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 10 February, 2015. Abstract Estimation of age is an important tool which is commonly carried out in areas of medico legal research. Age can be estimated in different ways by using chronological age, skeletal age and dental age. This study was done to evaluate two radiographic methods of age estimation i.e. the Nollas method and Demirjian's method. The results obtained from 50 children, concluded that the Demirjian's method was comparable to chronological age while Nollas method was not so accurate. Top Keywords Age Estimation, Nollas method, Demirjian's Method, Chronological Age, Dental Age. Top |