International Journal of Medical Toxicology & Legal Medicine
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue: 1and2

Estimation of age by eruption of permanent canine tooth in male and female subjects of south Karnataka, Indian population

  • Author:
  • G.M. Raju1, A.H. Shivakumar2, Naseema Begum3, V. Vijaynath4
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 21 to 26

1Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, J.J.M. Medical College, Davangere – 577004

2Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, S S I M S & R C, NH-4 By Pass Road, Davangere – 577005, Karnataka, India

3Post Graduate Student - II year, Department of Anatomy, S S I M S & R C, NH-4 By Pass Road, Davangere – 577005, Karnataka, India

4Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Vinayaka Mission's KiruprnandaVariyar Medical College and Hospital, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India

Online published on 29 April, 2015.

Abstract

Estimation of age by eruption of permanent canine tooth is an important prime tool & one of the parameter of Medical fields, Biology and Anthropology. The present study consists of 300 subjects of South Karnataka which were divided into 150 males & 150 females among the subjects, in the age group of 08–12 years. The aim of the study is to estimate the range of age from recent eruption of permanent canine tooth by their traits in both upper and lower jaw and also for right and left sides of the same jaw than compare the observation of previous research studies who studied the eruption of permanent canine tooth and also among the urban and rural males population adolescents. Statistical analysis like range of age, mean and standard deviation were calculated. The study revealed that the eruption of permanent canine tooth was found to be 66% in males when compared to 77% in females of age group of 11 year were found to be statistically highly significant (p<0.01).

Keywords

Age Estimation, Permanent canine tooth, Anthropology, children, South Karnataka population