Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain

Korean Academy of Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine (대한안면통증구강내과학회)
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Preliminary Study on the Age Estimation through a New Scoring System of Tooth Wear

  • Young-Ku Kim (Dept. of Oral Medicine and Oral Diagnosis College of Dentistry, Seoul National University) ;
  • Hyung-Soon Lim (Dept. of Oral Medicine and Oral Diagnosis College of Dentistry, Seoul National University) ;
  • Seung-Ryeul Lee (Dept. of Oral Medicine and Oral Diagnosis College of Dentistry, Seoul National University)
  • Published : 1992.06.01
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Abstract

The authors evaluated the degree of permanent tooth wear in order to make the basic date that are necessary to estimate the age. 10443 teeth of 389 individuals with known age were selected to estimate the degree of tooth wear. The obtained results were as follows : 1. The degree of tooth wear was decreased in males and females with aging. (P<0.001) 2. The degree of tooth wear in males in higher than that of females.(P<0.05) 3. The decision coefficient increased gradually from anterior teeth to posterior teeth.

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