Modified Demirjian's method for dental age estimation in Kosovar children and adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The aim was to provide normative data on dental age estimation in the Kosovar population, to evaluate the relationship between customized maturity scores and the original Demirjian method, and to assess the accuracy of these scores in a sample of Kosovar children and adolescents.

Materials and methods

The study population consisted of 1106 digital panoramic radiographs randomly selected from 6- to 16-year-old patients treated at the University Dentistry Clinical Center of Kosovo. Only those images that were diagnostically acceptable, thus showing at least the left mandibular teeth, were included in the study to assess the developmental stage accurately.

Results

Dental age estimates derived from the Kosovar normative tables were comparable to those based on maturit

SUBMITTER: Kelmendi J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12799705 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature