Accuracy of Three Age Estimation Methods in Children by Measurements of Developing Teeth and Carpals and Epiphyses of the Ulna and Radius |
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| Authors: | Cameriere Roberto De Luca Stefano Biagi Roberto Cingolani Mariano Farronato Giampietro Ferrante Luigi |
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| Institution: | AgEstimation Project, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Macerata, Macerata, Italy. Department of Legal Medicine, Toxicology and Physical Anthropology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, Granada, Spain. Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico - Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Macerata, Macerata, Italy. Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico - Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. Department of Clinical Medicine and Applied Biotechnologies, Faculty of Medicine, Polytechnic University of Marches, Ancona, Italy. |
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| Abstract: | Abstract: The aim of this study was to compare the accuracy of three methods for age estimation in children: the measurements of open apices in tooth roots (T), the ratio between the total area of carpal bones and epiphyses of the ulna and radius (HW), and the combined method (THW). The sample consisted of 288 Caucasian Italian children (152 boys and 136 girls) aged between 5 and 15 years. Accuracy was determined as the difference between estimated age and chronological age, and accuracy was assessed by analyzing individuals’ orthopantomograms and hand‐wrist radiographs. Accuracies were 0.41 years for girls and 0.54 years for boys with the THW method; for the HW method, 1.00 years for girls and 0.92 years for boys; and for the T method, 0.62 years for girls and 0.71 years for boys. THW is the most accurate technique for age estimation in these children. |
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| Keywords: | forensic science age estimation children accuracy tooth development hand‐wrist bones |
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