Accuracy of the lower third molar radiographic imaging to estimate age among Ugandan young people.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Dental development is a useful method for age estimation. Although third molar eruption is commonly used to estimate age in Uganda, it is reported to be unreliable because of external influences. The more reliable radiographic techniques have inter-ethnic differences but data from sub-Saharan Africa are limited regarding estimating age in young adults. This study, therefore, aimed at determining the accuracy of Demirjian's classification of the lower third molar, a common dental age estimation method, in estimating key ages in a Ugandan population using Ugandan references. Dental records of 1021 Ugandans aged 10-22 years were assigned to two groups; reference and test. The reference data was retrieved from a database of a previous bigger research project.

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SUBMITTER: Mwesigwa CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6788087 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature