Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 4

Age Estimation in Pre-Natal, Neonatal and Early Post-Natal Period: A Review

1Reader, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneshwar, India

2Postgraduate Student, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneshwar, India

3Professor& Head of Department, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneshwar, India

*Corresponding Author: Antarmayee Panigrahi, Reader, PhD Scholar, Department of Pediatrics and Preventive Dentistry, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneshwar, India, Phone No. 09937063900, e-mail: antarmayee.pani@gmail.com

Online published on 27 November, 2019.

Abstract

Development of teeth plays an essential role in age estimation, as it constitute a chain of discernible events that occur in the same succession from the beginning till its end. Pedodontists and Orthodontists have particular interest towards Dental age estimationas it plays a crucial role in managing various types of malocclusions, relating it with dentofacial growth as the treatment plancan be decided by the stage of tooth eruption and/or tooth formation.

With increase in number of feticides, it has become imperative for medical, dental and legal profession to depend on dental and oral structures as they not only follow a predictive pattern in-utero and after eruption but also is highly resistance. This paper intends to review the most commonly accepted and used method of age assessment in pre-natal, neonatal and early post-natal period.

Keywords

Dental age, in-utero, natal