Estimation of the age of senegalese children based on panoramic radiography of the third mandibular molar


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Mamadou Lamine Ndiaye, Sankoug Soumboundou, Mamadou Tidiane Diallo, Mohammed Taha Mokssite, Babacar

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4

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1

Abstract :

Introduction : The objective of this preliminary study was to evaluate the interest of the third molar in the determination of the age of Senegalese subjects by the Demirjian method. Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study of digital panoramic x-rays of Senegalese patients, aged 5 to 24 years. The statistical analysis was performed with the SPSS software. The significance threshold was less than 0.05 (p

Keyword :

Chronologic age, Dental age, Third molar,  Panoramic Radiographic, Demirjian method, Senegaleses.