Validation of Cameriere's third molar maturity index alone and in combination with apical maturity of permanent mandibular second molar for indicating legal age of 14 years in a sample of South Indian children

Balla SB 1 , Banda TR 2 , Galic I 3 , N NM 4 , Naishadham PP 5

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Forensic Odontology, Panineeya Mahavidyalaya Institute of Dental Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Electronic address: forensics.Sudheer@gmail.com
  • 2 Department of Prosthodontics, Penang International Dental College, Malaysia. Electronic address: smiledrreddy@gmail.com
  • 3 Departments of Research in Biomedicine and Health, University of Split School of Medicine, Spinciceva 2, 21000 Split, Croatia. Electronic address: ivan.galic.st@gmail.com
  • 4 Department of Prosthodontics, Panineeya Mahavidyalaya Institute of Dental Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Electronic address: madhu.nagarakanti@gmail.com
  • 5 Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, Panineeya Mahavidyalaya Institute of Dental Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Electronic address: phanin87@gmail.com
Forensic Sci Int, 2019 Apr;297:243-248.
PMID: 30844636 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.02.009

Abstract

The aims of the present study were to validate the discriminatory potential of Cameriere's third molar maturity index (I3M) cut-off value of I3M 

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