Comparative assessment of chronological, dental, and skeletal age in children

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dc.contributor.authorBhadana, Shwetaen_US
dc.contributor.authorIndushekar, KRen_US
dc.contributor.authorSaraf, Bhavna Guptaen_US
dc.contributor.authorSardana, Diveshen_US
dc.contributor.authorSheoran, Nehaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-02T06:47:00Z
dc.date.available2020-01-02T06:47:00Z
dc.date.issued2019-09
dc.description.abstractBackground: Age of a child can be assessed from various parameters such as chronological age, height, weight, secondary sexual characteristics, skeletal age, or dental age. The present study was planned to assess and compare chronological age with dental age (Demirjian's method and Willem's method) and skeletal age (Fishman's method). Materials and Methods: The present study was done on a sample of 100 children in the age group of 9–14 years. The chronological age was computed through the birth certificates and dental age was calculated from their orthopantomograms (OPGs) using Demirjian's and Willem's methods. Hand-wrist radiograph of the left hand was used to compute skeletal age using Fishman's method. Paired t-test and Pearson's correlation coefficients were calculated as a part of statistical analysis at a significance level of P < 0.01. Results: The mean chronological age among the group was 12.37 ± 1.34 years, the mean dental age by Demirjian's method was 12.36 ± 1.72 years, the mean dental age by Willem's method was 12.36 ± 1.51, and the mean skeletal age by Fishman's method was 13.03 ± 1.34 years. Out of the all methods evaluated in the study, Fishman's method of age estimation showed the least value of correlation coefficient (r = 0.728) with the chronological age, whereas Willem's method showed the maximum correlation with the chronological age (r = 0.885). Conclusion: It can be concluded from the present study that the dental age estimation evaluated by the digital OPG by both the methods, that is, Demirjian's method and Willem's method, has shown high accuracy when applied to the children of Faridabad. Skeletal maturation evaluated by Fishman's method using hand-wrist radiographs was found to overestimate the age when compared to chronological age in both the sexes.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Paediatric Dentistry, Sudha Rustagi College of Dental Sciences and Research, Faridabad, Haryana, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationBhadana Shweta, Indushekar KR, Saraf Bhavna Gupta, Sardana Divesh, Sheoran Neha. Comparative assessment of chronological, dental, and skeletal age in children. Indian Journal of Dental Research. 2019 Sep; 30(5): 687-691en_US
dc.identifier.issn0970-9290
dc.identifier.issn1998-3603
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/192330
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherIndian Society for Dental Researchen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber5en_US
dc.relation.volume30en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijdr.IJDR_698_17en_US
dc.subjectAge determination by teethen_US
dc.subjectage determination by skeletonen_US
dc.subjectforensic dentistryen_US
dc.subjectforensic medicineen_US
dc.titleComparative assessment of chronological, dental, and skeletal age in childrenen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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