This book is a guide to dental age assessment showcasing the importance of teeth in forensic age estimation and highlighting the correlation between skeletal maturity and chronological age. It provides a comprehensive overview of various dental age estimation techniques used in all stages of development, from pre-natal life to adulthood. Contemporary approaches like London Atlas and Cameriere methods, which provide an easy and accurate age determination are highlighted, and the stages of calcification and mineralization of teeth are explained. The book covers radiological, histologic, and biochemical techniques including aspartic acid racemization, radiocarbon dating, along with DNA methylation. Less explored futuristic aspects in the field of age estimation including automation and artificial intelligence (AI) based algorithms are discussed. The book is a valuable guide to literature supported forensic age estimation report-writing and helps readers to translate their knowledge into practice.

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Professor Aman Chowdhry has joined the Department of Oral Pathology, Microbiology and Forensic odontology at the Faculty of Dentistry of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi in 2010. His areas of interest include Forensic Odontology, Digital Photography & Analysis, Orofacial Genetics, Etiopathogenesis & basis of disease mechanism, Oral Premalignant lesions and conditions, Scientific Writing & Research Methodology, 3D Reconstruction, Systematic Reviews. He has published over 85 papers and is a member of the Indian Association of Forensic Odontology and the Indian Association of Cranio-Facial Identification.
Dr. Priyanka Kapoor is Professor and Incharge, Dept of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. She is BDS from GDC, Patiala, and MDS (Orthodontics) from AIIMS, Delhi in the year 2006. She has been an avid academician and researcher ever since. Her primary areas of interest are evidence-based research, biological mediators, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and forensic age estimation. She has won prestigious awards including the international Moyer s Symposium award, Michigan USA in 2014. Her research interest in sleep apnea won her research grant, 3M Unitek- IOS-RF Research Grant-2020, and also led her team to develop a mobile application OSA- risk Assessment Tool which again won an award in Orthodontic Innovation conclave-2020. She is also trained in 3D and 2D forensic reconstruction at Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Chandigarh in 2016 and also went on to do a fellowship in Forensic Odontology from SDM Dharwad in 2018. She has authored/co-authored over 30 publications in international and national high impact factor journals including many systematic and scoping reviews. Her research is well received in the scientific community with over 340 citations. She has reached out to the scientific community and students, both nationally and internationally, with many workshops and lectures in her areas of expertise and interest.

Inhalt

1. Introduction to Dental age assessment.- 2. Historical perspective of dental age assessment.- 3. The Significance of Dental Age Assessment.- 4. Methods of dental age assessment.- 5. Essentials of Dental Age Assessment A Global Perspective.- 6. Dental Age Assessment methods in children & adolescents.- 7. Dental Age Estimation in Adults: A Forensic Challenge.- 8. Digital methods of Dental age assessment .- 9. Dental age assessment by biochemical methods - Aspartic Acid Racemization [with special reference to radiocarbon dating and recent advances].- 10. Lesser-known Methods for Dental Age Estimation.- 11. Evaluation of Dental Age Estimation in Individuals with Craniofacial Disorders.- 12. Dental Age Assessment Report Writing Guidelines.- 13. Dental Age Assessment Standards and Guidelines.- 14. Dental Age Assessment in Archaeological Remains.- 15. Age Estimation in Criminal investigations and Human Rights frame.- 16. Artificial Intelligence in Age estimation.- 17. Assessment of teeth in Forensic On field scenarios.- 18. Dental age assessment: An Indian perspective.- 19. Methods of Skeletal Age Assessment.- 20. Mind Maps & illustrative Dental Age assessment.