1Associate Professor, Forensic Medicine, Tezpur Medical College, Tezpur, Assam
2Prof and Head Anatomy, Demonstrator Forensic Medicine, Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati
3Demonstrator Forensic Medicine, Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati
4Professor and Head, Forensic Medicine, Tezpur Medical College, Tezpur, Assam
*Address for Correspondence: Mahanta Putul Associate Professor, Forensic Medicine, Tezpur Medical College, Tezpur, Assam, Email: drpmahanta@gmail.com Mobile No: +919435017802
Online published on 7 February, 2017.
Age estimation is an important activity that is frequently required to be carried out by a medico-legal expert. An individual is often referred to a medical man by the court or investigating authority in criminal as well as in civil cases to give the opinion regarding his or her age.
The aim of this study was to reconstruct the relation between dental age and chronological age.
Age is based on the dental developmental stages mainly the eruption of third molar between 14 to 28 years of age among the people of Assam in relation to some socio-demographic data.
From the above finding it is clear that the third molar erupts between 15–25 years and that too in female earlier than male.
The result has highlighted the needs of thorough analysis for population-specific dental development for accurate dental age assessment in Assam.
Age estimation, third molar eruption, chronological age, people of Assam
