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Volume 3 Issue 5 November (Supplement) 2015
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ASSESSMENT OF ACCURACY OF GUSTAFSON’S AGE ESTIMATION CRITERIA IN A POPULATION OF KNOWN AGE: A FORENSIC STUDY |
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| Ashwini Kumar, Bhagya Shree, Piyush Gandhi, Rajiv Joshi | |
Background: Forensic medicine comprises of a vast spectrum of areas concerned with identification process. Gustafson (1950) suggested the use of six criteria’s that are seen with physiologic age changes. Aim: To assessment the accuracy of Gustafson’s age estimation criteria in a population of known age. Materials and Methods: A total of 50 patients were selected for the study between the age group of 25-80 years who were undergoing extraction. Ground sections of the teeth were prepared. Modified Gustafson’s criteria were used for the age estimation. Results: Age estimation by Gustafson’s formula shows a great variation from the real age when compared to Maples formula and newly derived age estimation formula. Conclusion: Applicability of Gustafson’s formula in age estimation in our study group is not relevant. |
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