Modified method of dental age estimation of Malay juveniles

Age estimation has its major application in anthropology, archaeology, forensics, clinical medicine and dentistry. In countries where registration of birth is routine and legally enforced, there is usually no need for its estimation as the chronological age (CA) is certain. However, many countries do not have an organised birth record keeping. There have been many cases when false documents were used to substantiate the claim of age of an individual. There were also incidences when documents of birth date appeared to be inconsistent with the physiological stage of the person they represent.

Source: Legal Medicine - July 25, 2017 Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Safar Sumit Bunyarit, Jayakumar Jayaraman, Murali K. Naidu, Rozaida Poh Yuen Ying, Mahmoud Danaee, Phrabhakaran Nambiar Source Type: research