Dental Age Estimation by Assessing the Pulp Volume of Five Teeth in a Peruvian Population Using Cone Beam Computed Tomography Images

Juliana Magaly Salvatierra Gálvez; Antonio Díaz-Suyo; Erika Ruth Alvarado Muñoz; Priyanka Kapoor; Aman Chowdhry; Ymelda Wendy Velezmoro Montes; Aldren Godofredo Rivas Quispe

doi:10.15517/ijds.2023.54932

Vol. 25 No. 3 (2023), Original Clinical Research Articles

Vol. 25 No. 3 (2023)

Dental Age Estimation by Assessing the Pulp Volume of Five Teeth in a Peruvian Population Using Cone Beam Computed Tomography Images

Original Clinical Research Articles

https://doi.org/10.15517/ijds.2023.54932

Published August 31, 2023

Juliana Magaly Salvatierra Gálvez⁺⁻
Antonio Díaz-Suyo⁺⁻
Erika Ruth Alvarado Muñoz⁺⁻
Priyanka Kapoor⁺⁻
Aman Chowdhry⁺⁻
Ymelda Wendy Velezmoro Montes⁺⁻
Aldren Godofredo Rivas Quispe⁺⁻

Juliana Magaly Salvatierra Gálvez

Specialist in Forensic Odontology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Health, Stomatology college, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Perú

Antonio Díaz-Suyo

Specialist in Oral Implantology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Health , Stomatology college, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Perú

Erika Ruth Alvarado Muñoz

Specialist in Forensic Odontology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Health, Stomatology college, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Perú

Priyanka Kapoor

Professor and Incharge, Dept. of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India 110025

Aman Chowdhry

Professor, Dept of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, India.

Ymelda Wendy Velezmoro Montes

Specialist in Forensic Odontology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Health , Stomatology college, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Perú

Aldren Godofredo Rivas Quispe

Odontologist, Lima, Perú.

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Forensic science; Forensic dentistry; Age determination by teeth; Cone beam computed tomography; Dental pulp; Secondary dentin.
Ciencias forenses; Odontología forense; Estimación de la edad dental; Tomografía computarizada de haz cónico; Pulpa dental; Dentina secundaria.

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Salvatierra Gálvez, J. M., Díaz-Suyo, A., Alvarado Muñoz, E. R., Kapoor, P., Chowdhry, A., Velezmoro Montes, Y. W., & Rivas Quispe, A. G. (2023). Dental Age Estimation by Assessing the Pulp Volume of Five Teeth in a Peruvian Population Using Cone Beam Computed Tomography Images. Odovtos - International Journal of Dental Sciences, 25(3), 118–129. https://doi.org/10.15517/ijds.2023.54932

Abstract

Dental age estimation is very important for individual identification in criminal and civil forensic investigations. One of the methods for age estimation is studying age related changes in pulp volume of teeth. The objective of the current study was to estimate dental age from the pulp volume of five different categories of teeth of a Peruvian sample using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT). Retrospective CBCT records of 231 patients [females (134), males (97), age: 12-60 years] were included in the study, categorized into five different age groups (12-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60 years and older). Dental pulp volume of five categories of teeth(upper canines, left upper central incisors, left upper first molars, lower left first premolars, first molars) were analyzed using Romexis® 5.3.3.5 software for each patient. There was a reduction in the pulp volume of upper right and left canine with age. The pulp volume was lowest in people aged 60 years and over. Linear regression analysis of the pulp volume and chronological age showed a coefficient of determination of 30%, suggesting a weak correlation. A weak correlation between dental pulp and age is derived. But, a robust large homogenous sample of teeth in future for different age groups may establish a reliable regression equation.

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