Age determination in a living individual - A case report
Date
1987
Authors
Thomas C.J.
Nortje C.J.
Van Rensburg B.G.J.
Van Wyk C.W.
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A case is presented where age determination in a living individual could not be effected by removal and sectioning of a central incisor tooth. An approximate age was derived from ulna/radius epiphyseal ossification, skull suture, spheno-occipital synchondrosis and third molar eruption, apical closure and general occlusal attrition. Because age at the time of an accident was a critical factor and the individual concerned had no documentary evidence of his age a compensation claim for loss of a leg was being contested by an insurance company. The case never went to court as the evidence of age presented by the forensic odontologists proved to be sufficiently convincing.
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adult, age, age determination, case report, human, methodology, normal human, ossification, radiography, skull, tooth, Adult, Age Determination by Skeleton, Age Determination by Teeth, Case Report, Human, Insurance, Health, Male, Negroid Race
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Journal of Forensic Odonto-Stomatology
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