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Dental age estimation in southern Chinese population using panoramic radiographs: validation of three population specific reference datasets

Jayaraman J 1 , Roberts GJ 2 , Wong HM 3 , King NM 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 School of Dentistry, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Orthodontics, King's College London Dental Institute, London, UK
  • 3 Paediatric Dentistry & Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Prince Philip Dental Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, 2/F, 34 Hospital Road, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. wonghmg@hku.hk
  • 4 Paediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
BMC Med Imaging, 2018 04 27;18(1):5.
PMID: 29703180 DOI: 10.1186/s12880-018-0250-z

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The accuracy of estimated age should depend on the reference data sets (RDS) from which the maturity scores or Ages of Attainment (AoA) were obtained. This study aimed to test the accuracy of age estimation from three different population specific dental reference datasets (RDS).

METHODS: Two hundred and sixty six dental panoramic radiographs of subjects belonging to southern Chinese ethnicity were scored and dental age (DA) was estimated from three reference datasets: French-Canadian, United Kingdom (UK) Caucasian and southern Chinese. Statistical significance was set at p  0.05). The southern Chinese RDS estimated the age of 80% of subjects within ±12 months range, and 90% of subjects within ±18 months range (p 

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