Is the Assessment of Dental Age by the Nolla Method Valid for Eastern Turkish Children?
JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES, cilt.56, sa.4, ss.1025-1028, 2011 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 56 Sayı: 4
- Basım Tarihi: 2011
- Doi Numarası: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01755.x
- Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1025-1028
- Anahtar Kelimeler: forensic science, dental age, chronologic age, Nolla's method, Turkish children, age estimation, CHRONOLOGICAL AGE, MATURITY, TEETH, POPULATION
- Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The aim of this study was to investigate whether or not the Nolla method is appropriate for Turkish children for the determination of the dental age (DA). A group of 719 children between the ages of 6 and 18 years were included in the study. DAs from orthopantograms by the Nolla method were estimated. The results obtained were compared with chronologic age (CA). Paired t and the Wilcoxon tests were performed. Both genders were underestimated in dental maturity when compared with the reference samples in total (-0.3 years) (p < 0.01). The differences in girls were statistically significant in total and in all groups except for 7-7.9. The differences in boys between the CAs and DAs were not statistically significant in total and in all groups except for 7-7.9 and 8-8.9. Although the accuracy of this method was suitable for boys, according to our findings, it was not suitable for girls.