Comparative analysis between various age estimation formulas in an Indian perspective - A review

This overview reviews the last decade's progress in dental age estimation from Indian research, focusing on methods like Dimerjian's, Cameriere's, Kvaal's, and Alquatani's, assessing accuracy and suitability.

Systematic article search was conducted using Pubmed, Embase, and Google Scholar using precise keywords to identify research conducted on the Indian population deriving new age estimation Indian specific formula. Our selection encompassed population studies conducted across diverse Indian regions, including the northern, southern, eastern, and western areas, with an emphasis on publications available until 2022.

Our analysis reveals that some of these methods yielded suboptimal results when specifically applied to Indian populations. Consequently, few Indian researchers have developed new population-specific regression formulas that have demonstrated improved accuracy. This review provides a concise overview of the most widely used age estimation methods worldwide, alongside Indian population-specific formulas derived from diverse sample sizes. These formulas can serve as valuable references for future research endeavors.

This review is a brief summary highlighting the studies that underscored the significance of formulating population-specific age estimation models, recognizing the variations in dental maturation observed across different geographical regions, and developing their own population-specific formula for a particular subset of the Indian population.