Correlation of chronological age with dental age estimated using modified Cameriere’s method and UT-age estimation software — a cross-sectional study

T, Jayapriya; Keluskar, Vaishali; M, Sridhar; S, Lokesh Kumar; Fernandes, Anabelle

doi:10.1186/s41935-023-00324-7

Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences

Table 1 The paired t-test was used to compare the differences between the chronological age and the dental age calculated using the modified Cameriere technique (SB Balla formula adaption) *Denotes statistically significant differences (p ≤ 0.05), whereas ** denotes highly statistically significant differences (p ≤ 0.001)

From: Correlation of chronological age with dental age estimated using modified Cameriere’s method and UT-age estimation software — a cross-sectional study

Age group	Gender	N	Chronological age (CA) (mean ± SD)	Dental age (DA) (mean ± SD)	CA–DA (mean ± SD)	p-value
16–16.9	Male	32	16.46 ± 0.26	17.14 ± 1.03	− 0.69 ± 0.92	0.000**
	Female	38	16.51 ± 0.32	17.8 9 ± 0.84	− 1.38 ± 0.82	0.000**
	Total	70	16.49 ± 0.29	17.55 ± 1.00	− 1.06 ± 0.93	0.000**
17–17.9	Male	38	17.46 ± 0.30	19.67 ± 2.15	− 2.20 ± 2.26	0.000**
	Female	44	17.50 ± 0.26	18.99 ± 1.86	− 1.48 ± 1.85	0.000**
	Total	82	17.49 ± 0.28	19.30 ± 2.02	− 1.82 ± 2.07	0.000**
18–18.9	Male	38	18.57 ± 0.24	19.10 ± 2.05	− 0.52 ± 2.05	0.122
	Female	32	18.59 ± 0.31	18.98 ± 1.54	− 0.38 ± 1.54	0.174
	Total	70	18.58 ± 0.28	19.04 ± 1.82	− 0.46 ± 1.82	0.039*
19–19.9	Male	26	19.41 ± 0.28	19.56 ± 1.34	− 0.15 ± 1.33	0.572
	Female	46	19.56 ± 0.30	20.27 ± 1.49	− 0.70 ± 1.52	0.003*
	Total	72	19.51 ± 0.30	20.01 ± 1.47	− 0.50 ± 1.48	0.005*
20–20.9	Male	28	20.55 ± 0.27	20.04 ± 1.78	− 0.51 ± 1.76	0.135
	Female	56	20.53 ± 0.29	19.23 ± 1.69	1.30 ± 1.65	0.000**
	Total	84	20.54 ± 0.29	19.50 ± 1.76	1.03 ± 1.72	0.000**
21–21.9	Male	38	21.47 ± 0.29	20.76 ± 1.24	0.70 ± 1.17	0.001**
	Female	46	21.48 ± 0.33	20.76 ± 1.28	0.71 ± 1.19	0.000**
	Total	84	21.47 ± 0.31	20.77 ± 1.25	0.71 ± 1.18	0.000**
22–22.9	Male	30	22.50 ± 0.24	21.07 ± 1.06	1.43 ± 0.96	0.000**
	Female	42	22.63 ± 0.24	21.19 ± 1.14	1.44 ± 1.23	0.000**
	Total	72	22.58 ± 0.24	21.14 ± 1.10	1.44 ± 1.13	0.000**
23–23.9	Male	34	23.43 ± 0.29	21.52 ± 0.24	1.91 ± 0.29	0.000**
	Female	32	23.43 ± 0.32	21.56 ± 0.59	1.86 ± 0.66	0.000**
	Total	66	23.43 ± 0.30	23.54 ± 0.45	1.89 ± 0.50	0.000**

Back to article page