Abstract
Dental age assessment plays a pivotal role in clinical practice, demographic studies, forensics, and courts of law but is affected by ethnic and geographic variations. The aim was to determine the population‐specific weighted scores needed when dental age is estimated using Demirjian's method for Saudi children and adolescents between the ages of 3 and 15 years. Design: A total of 298 panoramic radiographs were collected from Saudi Arabia. Dental age was assessed using Demirjian's method (1973). Chronological age was determined from the date of birth and the date on which the panoramic radiograph was taken for each individual. Between 3‐ and 15‐years age group, the Saudi boys had an estimated age of 9.07 ± 1.96 years and chronological age of 8.49 ± 2.30 years. The Saudi girls had an estimated age of 9.22 ± 1.93 years and chronological age of 8.78 ± 2.32 years. With Demirjian's method, the Saudi boys were 0.57 ± 1.48 years, and girls were 0.44 ± 1.66 years ahead of their chronological ages (p < .05). New population‐specific weighted scores were developed to convert dental age according to Demirjian's method into estimated ages in the contemporary Saudi Arabian population. This study can be used for further research and comparisons with other population groups, regions or communities.
Highlights
Age is a case of mind over matter
A total of 298 panoramic radiographs for 150 boys and 148 girls between the ages of 3 and 15 years were evaluated in the study
The mean dental age of the boys assessed in the study was 9.07 ± 1.96 years, and the mean chronological age was 8.49 ± 2.30 years
Summary
Age is a case of mind over matter. This philosophical saying may hold true in various walks of life but does not do well in medicine and dentistry. It plays a vital role in the diagnosis and treatment planning of pedodontic and orthodontic patients. It has a defined role in the fields of forensic dentistry, endocrinology, orthopedics, demographics, and anthropology Estimation of an individual's age may be important in criminal matters, assistance with illegal immigration in the absence of proper documents, identification of the ages of dead persons in natural calamities and disasters, and decisions regarding when a person can seek employment, marry, or go to prison (Bagic, Sever, Brkic, & Kern, 2008).
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