Огляд ефективності використання судово-стоматологічних методів визначення віку дітей та підлітків

Abstract

A signifi cant number of currently available methods for dental age estimation among children and adolescents does not actually contribute for solving a key problem, which based on ensuring full correspondence between the data obtained during the calculation of the dental age and the actual chronological age of the person.The aim of the study – to conduct a comparative analysis of the effectiveness of different dental age estimation methods among children and adolescents with a selection of the most accurate approaches that can be implemented during forensic and forensic dental research.Materials and Methods. The Google Scholar Request Form (http://scholar.google.com) was used to search publication on relevant toping with additional using of the Advanced Search option. During the search, such specifi c types of operators as «+» were used to provide general named titles of the search («dental age», «children», «adolescents»), «search by the phrase» («forensic age estimation among children», «forensic age estimation among adolescents») and «in title» ( «dental age» and «children», «dental age» and «adolescents», «forensic age estimation» and «children», «forensic age estimation» and «adolescents»).Results and Discussion. Summing up the results of the analysis of the studied literature, we can conclude that at the present stage there is an insuffi cient level of systematization of existing methods for dental age estimation and methods for assessing the reliability of the results obtained in different age groups during the implementation of various methodological approaches. Therefore, testing the most accurate methods, obtained from the retrospective review of the literature, such as methods of Demirjian, Haavikko, Cameriere, Willems, and the development of a suitable algorithm for the recommendations for their combined use or modifi cation of certain stages during calculation and interpretation of data is relevant scientifi c and practical task that require actual solution.Conclusions. Conduction of further appropriate theoretical and practical studies with suffi cient amount of source material will allow to substantiate specifi c criteria for assessing the results of age estimation by dental status in different age groups with different methodological approaches, which in turn will simplify the forensic evaluation of the dento-facial system during the implementation of complex forensic examinations and investigations. Currently Demirjian, Haavikko, Cameriere, and Willems approaches can be identifi ed as the most accurate methods for determining the age of children and adolescents according to odontological data.