Validation of the Italian, European, North German, Malaysian, and South African black formulas on Cameriere method using panoramic radiographs in Kenyan children
Male
Adolescent
Panoramic radiograph
Cameriere method; Dental age estimation; Forensic odontology; Italian formula; Panoramic radiograph
Kenya
01 natural sciences
0104 chemical sciences
South Africa
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Italy
Radiography, Panoramic
Italian formula
Humans
Cameriere method
Female
Cameriere method ; Dental age estimation ; Forensic odontology ; Italian formula ; Panoramic radiograph
Age Determination by Teeth
Child
Forensic odontology
Dental age estimation
DOI:
10.1007/s00414-022-02854-6
Publication Date:
2022-06-16T22:02:36Z
AUTHORS (6)
ABSTRACT
This study aimed to validate the accuracy of five different formulas based on the Cameriere method for age estimation in Kenyan children. We analyzed panoramic radiographs of 350 Kenyan children (184 males and 166 females) aged between 6 and 13 years. The dental development of each child was estimated by the analysis of the first seven left permanent teeth in the left mandible. Dental age was calculated by the Italian, European, North German, Malaysian, and South African black formulas previously published in peer-review journals. The children's mean chronological age (CA) was 9.34 ± 2.02 years and 9.26 ± 2.01 years for males and females. In males, the South-African formula overestimated CA least, by 0.12 years, followed by the Italian formula by 0.22 years, the European formula by 0.37 years, the Malaysian formula by 0.48 years, and the North-German formula overestimated the most, by 0.57 years. In females, the South-African formula underestimated CA by - 0.12 years. The Italian overestimated by 0.12 years, followed by the North-German formula by 0.29 years, the European formula by 0.31 years, and the Malaysian formula by 0.40 years. The Italian formula provided the best accuracy in the absolute difference within ± 1 year, by 75.72% and 75%, following the North-German formula by 66.47% and 70.27% for males and females, respectively. Therefore, the findings suggest that the Italian formula best estimates dental age in Kenyan children.
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