Age estimation from eruption of temporary teeth

Teeth are very important indicators in medico-legal cases as they help in identification and age estimation in the living as well as in the dead because they resist putrefaction and are constant in their appearance. 126 children up to the age of 33 months were studied for the time of eruption of their teeth. It was studied in correlation with age, sex, socio-economic status, nutritional status and halves. From the findings it was concluded that there was a delayed pattern of eruption and teeth appeared earlier in the females and in the lower jaw.