A Comparative Study of Efficacy of Single Rooted and Double Rooted Teeth in Age Estimation Using Dentin Translucency

Authors

  • Puneeth H.K Assistant Professor Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology St Joseph Dental College, Eluru, Andra Pradesh
  • Nandini D.B Professor & Head Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, Dental College, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences Imphal, Manipur
  • Praveen S Basandi Professor Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology College of Dental Sciences Davangere, Karnataka
  • Selvamani Manickam Reader Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology MAHE Institute of Dental Sciences & Hospital Puducherry
  • Mandana Donoghue Independent Researcher & Consultant Oral Pathologist Director, Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology Centre Belgaum, Karnataka,

Keywords:

age estimation, root dentin translucency, single rooted teeth, double rooted teeth,

Abstract

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Among various methods of age estimation using dental tissues, measurement of root dentin translucency (RDT) is said to be the most accurate. Numerous studies have estimated age by measuring RDT in single and double rooted teeth and have shown conflicting results. Only few studies have compared efficacy of using single and double rooted teeth for RDT measurement in age estimation.
AIM: To analyze the efficacy of single rooted teeth (SRT) and double rooted teeth (DRT) for measurement of sclerotic dentin (SD) and age estimation.
METHOD: Study was conducted on 120 freshly extracted SR and DR teeth with 60 teeth in each

group. Ground sections of 150 μ thickness were observed under stereomicroscope and photographed. The sclerotic dentin length was measured on the images captured using image analysis software. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The present study did not reveal significant difference (p = 0.012) between SRT and DRT when RDT was used for age estimation. However DRT provided more accurate age estimation than SRT with less mean age difference.

Author Biographies

Puneeth H.K, Assistant Professor Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology St Joseph Dental College, Eluru, Andra Pradesh

Assistant Professor
Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology
St Joseph Dental College,
Eluru, Andra Pradesh
India

Nandini D.B, Professor & Head Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, Dental College, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences Imphal, Manipur

Professor & Head
Department of Oral  Pathology & Microbiology,
Dental College,Regional Institute of Medical Sciences

Imphal, Manipur

India

Praveen S Basandi, Professor Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology College of Dental Sciences Davangere, Karnataka

Professor

Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology

College of Dental Sciences

Davangere, Karnataka, India

Selvamani Manickam, Reader Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology MAHE Institute of Dental Sciences & Hospital Puducherry

Reader
Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology
MAHE Institute of Dental Sciences & Hospital
Puducherry

Mandana Donoghue, Independent Researcher & Consultant Oral Pathologist Director, Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology Centre Belgaum, Karnataka,

Independent Researcher & Consultant Oral Pathologist

Director, Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology Centre

Belgaum, Karnataka, India

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Published

2017-10-17

How to Cite

H.K, P., D.B, N., Basandi, P. S., Manickam, S., & Donoghue, M. (2017). A Comparative Study of Efficacy of Single Rooted and Double Rooted Teeth in Age Estimation Using Dentin Translucency. The Journal of Forensic Odonto-Stomatology - JFOS, 34(2), 1: 10. Retrieved from https://ojs.iofos.eu/index.php/Journal/article/view/578

Issue

Vol. 34 No. 2 (2016): JFOS issue 2 2016

Section

Age Estimation