Age estimation accuracy based on Atlas London and Schour-Massler in Tionghoa ethnic children
Abstract
Objectives: Age estimation is an important factor in forensic science and needs to be known accurately because it can narrow the search when examining unidentified victims, determine the victim's age at death and is also useful in cases of adulteration of athletes, child guardianship, or to determine whether someone is of legal age. or not according to the law. This study aims to determine individual age estimates based on the London Atlas and Schour-Massler Atlas and compare the accuracy of the two methods.Materials and Methods: 70 panoramic radiographs consisting of 31 boys and 39 girls from Chinese ethnicity in Surabaya, aged 6-13 years (72-156 months). Samples were determined for dental age based on the London Atlas and the Schour-Massler Atlas. The data that has been obtained is then processed by statistical analysis with SPSS for Windows, with an inclusion level of p <0.05.
Results: This study showed that the London Atlas was better and more accurate than the Schour-Massler Atlas with a lower mean error and there was no significant difference between the London Atlas dental age estimation and chronological age with p value = 0.426 in the left region and p = 0.429 in the right region (p>0.05).
Conclusion: The results obtained from this study indicate that dental development based on the London Atlas and Schour-Massler Atlas can be used as a method to determine the estimated age of children from the range of 6 - 13 years in ethnic Chinese.
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Ebrahim E, Rao PK, Chatra L, Shenai P, KM Veena, Prabhu RV et al. Dental Age Estimation Using Schour and Massler Method in South Indian Children Sch. J. App. Med. Sci., 2014; 2(5C):1669-74.
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Claudia C, Felipe G, Jorge G, Pilar L, Adriana H, Carlos M et al. Chronological versus dental age in subjects from 5 to 19 years: a comparative study with forensic implications. Colombia Medica Journal. 2010;41(3):215-23.
Panchbhai AS. Dental radiographic indicators, a key to age estimation. Dentomaxillofac Radiol. 2011;40(4):199-212.
Pitoyo AJ, Triwahyudi H. Dinamika Perkembangan Etnis Di Indonesia Dalam Konteksi Persatuan Negara. Jurnal Populasi. 2017;25(1):66-9.
Christian SA. Identitas Budaya Orang Tionghoa Indonesia. Jurnal Cakrawala Mandarin. 2017;1(1):11-22.
Kurniawati Y. Integrasi Etnis Tionghoa di Indonesia : Refleksi Sejarah pada Masa Kolonial Belanda. Factum: Jurnal Sejarah dan Pendidikan Sejarah. 2016;5(1):26-8.
McCloe D, Marion I, da Fonseca MA, Colvard M, AlQahtani S. Age estimation of Hispanic children using the London Atlas. Forensic Sci Int. 2018;288:332.e1-332.e6.
Cesário C, Santos R, Pestana D, Pereira CP. Medico-Legal Age Estimation in a Sub-adult Portuguese Population: Validation of Atlas Schour and Massler and London. J Civil Legal Sci. 2016;5(4):196.
Correia AM, Barbosa DDS, Alcantara JADS, Oliveira PMDC, Silva PGB, Franco A, Bezerra TP. Performance and comparison of the London Atlas technique and Cameriere's third molar maturity index (I3M) for allocating individuals below or above the threshold of 18 years. Forensic Sci Int. 2020;317:110512.
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Ismail AF, Othman A, Mustafa NS, Kashmoola MA, Mustafa BE, Yusof MYPM. Accuracy of Different Dental Age Assessment Methods to Determine Chronological Age among Malay Children. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 2018;1028:012102.
Blenkin M, Taylor J. Age estimation charts for a modern Australian population. Forensic Sci Int. 2012;221(1-3):106-12.
Rusydiana F, Oscandar F, Sam B. Identifikasi usia berdasarkan metode Al Qahtani melalui radiograf panoramik di RSGM FKG UNPAD. Jurnal Kedokteran Gigi Universitas Padjadjaran. 2016;28(3);166-71.
Pavlović S, Palmela Pereira C, Vargas de Sousa Santos RF. Age estimation in Portuguese population: The application of the London atlas of tooth development and eruption. Forensic Sci Int. 2017;272:97-103.
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2021-08-31
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ANNARISWATI, Icha Artyas; AGITHA, Shintya Rizki Ayu.
Age estimation accuracy based on Atlas London and Schour-Massler in Tionghoa ethnic children.
Jurnal Radiologi Dentomaksilofasial Indonesia (JRDI), [S.l.], v. 5, n. 2, p. 52-59, aug. 2021.
ISSN 2686-1321.
Available at: <http://jurnal.pdgi.or.id/index.php/jrdi/article/view/704>. Date accessed: 20 dec. 2024.
doi: https://doi.org/10.32793/jrdi.v5i2.704.
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