Developmental Methods
Definition
Age estimation techniques that read tooth formation stages (calcification) and eruption sequence, applicable from prenatal development through to early adulthood.
Related terms
- Biological Age
- The physiological state of the body relative to the population average for a given chronological age. Dental age is one component of...
- Chronological Age
- The actual elapsed time since birth, as recorded by a calendar. Dental methods produce an estimate of this value, not a precise...
- Degenerative Methods
- Methods that estimate age from accumulated wear and structural change in adult teeth: attrition, pulp recession, cementum deposition, secondary dentine, and chemical...
- Dental Age Estimation
- Methods that use the stage of tooth formation, eruption, wear, or regressive tissue changes to estimate a person's chronological age when documentary...
- Reference Population
- The set of samples representing the range of materials that could plausibly have produced the questioned sample, in the absence of the...
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- Age Estimation from Teeth: An Overview of MethodsAge estimation techniques that read tooth formation stages (calcification) and eruption sequence, applicable from prenatal development through to early adultho...