Radiological Age Estimation From Manubrio-Sternal Joint in Living Population of Punjab

Determination of age is very important in circumstances when exact date of birth is not known or is under dispute. In the developing world recording and storing date of birth was not perfect previously. Determining the age in living persons in middle aged and old people is relatively cumbersome after the eruption of third molar as the factors available for observation from which age can be determined are vague with little statistical data regionally. To overcome these shortcomings fusion of Manubrio-sternal joint is studied to find out its value in determining the age in middle and old people. Radiograph of this joint was done in192 people with known exact date of birth with a valid proof of date of birth.