Testing the Demirjian and the international Demirjian dental aging methods on a mixed ancestry urban American subadult sample from Detroit, MI |
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Authors: | Burt Nicole M Sauer Norman Fenton Todd |
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Affiliation: | Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University, 355 Baker Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. nburt@ualberta.ca |
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Abstract: | This paper tests the Demirjian and international Demirjian dental aging methods for forensic use when ancestry and ethnicity are unknown. A radiographic sample of 187 boys and girls was collected from the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Detroit Mercy and aged using both methods. The total sample and the sample by age categories (young, middle, and old) were analyzed using t-tests. The Demirjian method was found to better estimate age to a statistically significant degree for the total sample, as well as the middle and old age categories. The young category was aged better using the international Demirjian method. The results indicate that while the Demirjian method accurately estimates age, caution must be used with the method. Further research is needed to determine whether the international Demirjian method can be used for forensics in the U.S. |
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Keywords: | forensic science forensic anthropology dental aging mixed ancestry Demirjian method subadults |
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