1Professor, PhD Student, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, SGT University, Gurugram, Haryana, India
2Professor Emiritus SGT University, Gurugram, Haryana, India
3Oral Medicine-Radiology and Forensic Dentistry Department, Goa Dental College & Hospital, Bambolim, Goa
4Associate professor, Maxillofacial Surgery & Diagnostic Sciences, College of Dentistry, Qassim University, Buraida, Al Qassim region, Saudi Arabia
5Professor and Scientist VII, Molecular and Cellular, Neuroscience, Neurovirology Section, NBRC, Haryana-122052, India
6Sr Scientist, JPNATC, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
*Corresponding Author Dr. GN Suma, Professor, PhD Student, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, SGT University, Gurugram, Haryana, India, Email: sumagndaya@gmail.com, Mob: 9871719066
Online published on 23 March, 2021.
Tooth, due to the anatomical framework of hard minerals, is a reliable source in forensic identification, sex determination, and age estimation. Although Morphological, radiological, and histological methods are effective methods, the advancements in molecular methods have shifted the focus of research towards changes occurring in DNA to age and sex. Molecular methods are useful when other methods fail to estimate the age. Telomere length attrition and DNA methylation are the two extensively studied areas in dental forensic age estimation. This review attempts to narrate the current trends in human dental telomere length measurement & its applications.
Telomere, Tooth, DNA, Methods, Age estimation, Forensics
