A study of gender wise variation in eruption of third molar teeth by radiological method
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Forensic Medicine - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: Age of an individual is the sign of maturity which may be divided in to chronological age (attainment of a certain number of years), anatomical age (skeletal, radiological age), mental age, sexual age, and dental age. In this study we studied effect of gender on development of third molar. Aim and Objective: To study gender wise variation in eruption of third molar teeth Material and methods: The study was conducted on total 138 subjects, 68 males and 70 females of age between 15 to 25 years. Data was collected by clinical examination and Digital Panoramic Radiographs (DPR). OPG were done and reported by senior radiologist Developments of third molar tooth of all the subjects were evaluated by radiological examination according to Demirjian’s stages of development of third molar tooth. Result and Discussion: Of the total 138 cases, 68 were males and 70 were females. Mean age in years for developmental stages D, E, F, G, H of third molar tooth in males and females were 15.5+0.51, 16+ 0.67; 16.82+0.39, 16.86+0.35; 17.82+0.39, 17.86 + 0.42; 19.22+ 0.51, 19.03+ 0.54 ; 21.8+1.51, 21.85 + 1.62 years Conclusion: Different stages of development of third molar tooth are more or less similar in males and females.
Authors and Affiliations
Shivraj Mane, Girish Gutte, Chandrakant Dode
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP259549
- DOI -
- Views 289
- Downloads 0
Study of acute organophosphates insecticide poisoning cases in a medical college hospital
Acute pesticide poisoning occur in low-and middle-income families, over 3 million cases of OP poisoning per year were recorded worldwide with approximately 300,000 deaths. Majority of these occur in agricultural countrie...
Study of referral cases of autopsy coming to tertiary care center - Analysis of events
Background: Lack of medicolegal awareness, reluctance in performing medicolegal work, inability to consult higher authorities, failure in making sincere attempts in preserving evidence and subjecting the body for a dista...
A study of pattern of skull fractures in head injuries-a retrospective study of autopsies conducted at RIMS, Raichur
Regional injuries consist of injuries sustained to various anatomical regions of the body. Amongst regional, injury to head is more common as head being most exposed part and prominent part of body. As defined by Nationa...
Assessment of onset and progress in the high ambient environmental temperature influenced on rigor mortis in Tirunelveli district
Background: India is a country with vast diversity in population and climate. So, we cannot follow a single method or time pattern in calculating the time since death. This may be due to extremes of variation in temperat...
Diagnosis of early myocardial infarction by histochemical staining of heart on autopsy table
Background: Determination of cause of death is the main objective in every Medico-Legal Autopsy. Most often, the identification of early change of Myocardial infarction becomes difficult during postmortem examination, as...