Age estimation for children and young adults by volumetric analysis of upper anterior teeth using cone-beam computed tomography data

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between chronological age and the pulp/tooth volume ratio (PTR) of specific teeth using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) enhanced with Materialise-Mimics Research software 21.0 in children and young adult population from Eastern China.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: CBCT scans of 230 patients (119 males, 111 females), aged 8.18-19.92 years were analysed by two well-trained examiners in this retrospective study. The intraclass correlation coefficient value was calculated to test the intra- and inter-examiner agreement. The volumetric analysis of the pulp and calcified tissues was performed on the maxillary left central incisors and canines. The correlation and regression analyses were then performed.

RESULTS: The Pearson correlation analysis showed a strong coefficient of correlation (r) for maxillary left canines (-0.81 for girls and -0.88 for boys) as compared to central incisors (-0.63 for girls and -0.70 for boys). Regarding performance, the canine model was more powerful than the central incisor model. The derived regression equation from maxillary left canines had high coefficients of determination (Age = 21.979 - 105.42 × PTR, R2 = 0.69).

CONCLUSIONS: Our study proved that the PTR value of canines had a negative correlation relationship with a subadult's chronological age and volumetric analysis of CBCT scans using the software may become an efficient method to estimate the chronological age of children and young adults.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:79

Enthalten in:

Folia morphologica - 79(2020), 4 vom: 13., Seite 851-859

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yang, Z [VerfasserIn]
Fan, L [VerfasserIn]
Kwon, K [VerfasserIn]
Pan, J [VerfasserIn]
Shen, C [VerfasserIn]
Tao, J [VerfasserIn]
Ji, F [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chinese children
Cone-beam computed tomography
Dental age estimation
Journal Article
Mimics Software
Volumetric analysis

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 15.10.2021

Date Revised 15.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.5603/FM.a2020.0004

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM305291017