PMID- 35877404
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20230308
IS  - 2304-6767 (Electronic)
IS  - 2304-6767 (Linking)
VI  - 10
IP  - 7
DP  - 2022 Jul 8
TI  - The Application of the Cameriere's Methodologies for Dental Age Estimation in a 
      Select KwaZulu-Natal Population of South Africa.
LID - 10.3390/dj10070130 [doi]
LID - 130
AB  - Background: The estimation of an individual's age is a fundamental component of 
      forensic odontology. Literary reports found that the efficiency of Cameriere 
      methodology for age estimation varied among many population groups. Therefore, 
      this study aimed to determine the applicability of the Cameriere methods to a 
      select South African population of the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province. Materials 
      and Methods: This cross-sectional retrospective study was conducted on 840 
      digital panoramic radiographs that met the inclusion criteria. Dental maturity 
      was determined through the morphometric analysis of the seven left permanent 
      mandibular and maxillary teeth in accordance with Cameriere et al. (2006). 
      Moreover, the dental age was also calculated using the South African Black 
      Bayesian formulae of the Cameriere method by Angelakopoulos et al. (2019). The 
      paired sample t-test or Wilcoxon's signed rank test assessed the significant 
      difference between the chronological age and estimated dental age for the various 
      formulae. A p-value < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. 
      Results: The Cameriere et al. (2006) Italian formula and the South African Black 
      Bayesian formulae of the Cameriere method by Angelakopoulos et al. (2019) 
      underestimated and overestimated age in the South African Black and Indian 
      population groups of the KZN province, respectively. Therefore, the authors 
      generated a novel population-specific regression formulae (including and 
      excluding third molars) using "step-wise regression analysis" and a "best-fit 
      model" for the South African Black and Indian population groups of KZN. 
      Conclusion: This study recommends that the population-specific formulae generated 
      in this study be utilized in the KZN population to improve the accuracy of dental 
      age estimation within this region.
FAU - Ishwarkumar, Sundika
AU  - Ishwarkumar S
AD  - Department of Human Anatomy and Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, 
      Doornfontein Campus, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park P.O. Box 524, 
      South Africa.
AD  - Department of Clinical Anatomy, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical 
      Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Westville Campus, University of 
      KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000, South Africa.
FAU - Pillay, Pamela
AU  - Pillay P
AD  - Department of Clinical Anatomy, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical 
      Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Westville Campus, University of 
      KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000, South Africa.
FAU - Chetty, Manogari
AU  - Chetty M
AD  - Department of Craniofacial Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Western 
      Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville, Cape Town 7535, South Africa.
FAU - Satyapal, Kapil Sewsaran
AU  - Satyapal KS
AD  - Department of Clinical Anatomy, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical 
      Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Westville Campus, University of 
      KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000, South Africa.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220708
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Dent J (Basel)
JT  - Dentistry journal
JID - 101716125
PMC - PMC9318630
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Cameriere method
OT  - age estimation
OT  - opened apices
OT  - panoramic radiographs
OT  - population-specific formulae
OT  - sex-specific formula
COIS- There are no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2022/07/26 06:00
MHDA- 2022/07/26 06:01
PMCR- 2022/07/08
CRDT- 2022/07/25 12:44
PHST- 2022/06/07 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/06/24 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/06/28 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/07/25 12:44 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/07/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/07/26 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/07/08 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - dj10070130 [pii]
AID - dentistry-10-00130 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/dj10070130 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Dent J (Basel). 2022 Jul 8;10(7):130. doi: 10.3390/dj10070130.