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Marques-Moura S, Caldas IM. Study of secondary dentine deposition in central incisors as an age estimation method for adults. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 2024:10.1007/s12024-024-00777-9. [PMID: 38332258 DOI: 10.1007/s12024-024-00777-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
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This work aimed to assess the pulp/tooth area ratio's utility in the upper central incisors using orthopantomograms. A convenience sample of 801 adult patient orthopantomograms was studied. Image J® software was used to measure the pulp/tooth area ratio, and a regression model was developed. Our results conclude that the methodology assessing upper incisors' pulp/tooth area ratio using orthopantomograms can lead to age overestimation and statistically significant differences between chronological and estimated age. For those over 50, no correlation between pulp/tooth area ratio and chronological age was found, suggesting that this may be the upper limit of this technique in this population. This methodology may not be suitable for age estimation, particularly in older adults.
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- S Marques-Moura
- Department of Public Health and Forensic Sciences and Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Al. Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319, Porto, Portugal
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine of the University of Porto, Rua Dr. Manuel Pereira da Silva, 4200-393, Porto, Portugal.
- CFE - Center for Functional Ecology - Science for People and the Planet (CFE), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
- 1H-TOXRUN - One Health Research Unit in Toxicology, University Institute of Health Sciences, CESPU, CRL, 4585-116, Gandra, Portugal.
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Poulsen AR, Sonnesen L. Dental Maturation in Two Groups of Children Born in 1969-1973 and 2005-2010. Dent J (Basel) 2023; 11:248. [PMID: 37999012 PMCID: PMC10670476 DOI: 10.3390/dj11110248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Revised: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023] Open
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This study compared differences in dental maturation and dental age in Scandinavian children born in 1969-1973 and 2005-2010. The study was based on 130 ethnic Scandinavian children, who were divided in two groups corresponding to the time periods and matched on age and sex. Each group consisted of 65 children (30 girls, 35 boys, mean age 9.29 years and 9.30 years, respectively). Dental maturation was analysed by orthopantomographs, in accordance with Demirjian and Haavikko. Dental age was analysed by orthopantomographs in accordance with Demirjian. Boys and girls were analysed separately by linear regression analysis adjusted for age. For the children born in 2005-2010, teeth matured significantly earlier (Demirjian: 0.21 maturities, CI 95% 0.11-0.31, p < 0.000. Haavikko: maxilla: 0.39 maturities, CI 95% 0.21-0.56, p < 0.000. Mandible: 0.42 maturities, CI 95% 0.17-0.67, p = 0.001) and the dental age was significantly higher (Demirjian: 6.04 months, CI 95% 0.23-0.77, p < 0.000) in comparison with the children born in 1969-1973. In conclusion, the teeth of Scandinavian children born 2005-2010 matured significantly earlier than those of children born in 1969-1973. The results may prove valuable in forensic dentistry, pedodontics, and for the timing of pedodontic and orthodontic treatment.
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- Section of Orthodontics, Department of Odontology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-2200 Copenhagen, Denmark;
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Poulsen AR, Sonnesen L. Association between dental and skeletal maturation in Scandinavian children born between 2005 and 2010. Acta Odontol Scand 2023; 81:464-472. [PMID: 36789507 DOI: 10.1080/00016357.2023.2176920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Revised: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this cross-sectional study was to analyse the association between dental and skeletal maturation in children born between 2005 and 2010. MATERIALS AND METHODS Dental and skeletal maturation of 117 ethnic Scandinavian children born between 2005 and 2010 (70 girls, 47 boys, mean age 11.48 years) was analysed. Dental maturation (DM) was assessed on orthopantomographs (OPs) by using Demirjian's and Haavikko's methods while skeletal maturation was assessed on hand-wrist radiographs by use of Helm's method. The correlation between skeletal and DM was analysed using Spearman's rho (Rs). Additionally, the most frequent DM stage in relation to the skeletal maturation stage was analysed by logistic regression adjusted for age and sex. RESULTS The correlation between dental and skeletal maturation was significant for all teeth (Rs = 0.071-0.562; p < .000-p = .035) except for the first incisor and the first molar. Logistic regression analysis showed that when the mandibular and maxillary canines are ¾ mineralized, this is significantly associated with the beginning of the adolescent period before peak height velocity (PHV) (PP2= p < .005-< .05). Likewise, when the mandibular second premolars are ¾ mineralized, this is significantly associated with the maturation stage PP2= or S (PP2= p < .05, S: p < .005-< .05), both of which are before PHV at the beginning of the adolescent period. LIMITATIONS Limited sample size and the X-rays were taken before orthodontic treatment, which may have introduced a selection bias. CONCLUSIONS When the root of the canines or second premolars is ¾ mineralized, it may indicate the beginning of the adolescent period with increased skeletal growth intensity.
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- Astrid Rathcke Poulsen
- Department of Odontology, Section of Orthodontics, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Odontology, Section of Orthodontics, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Eliška Z, Petr V, Alena Č, Alžběta D, Jaroslav B. Protocol matters: A need for standardized procedure in cementochronology. Forensic Sci Int 2022; 340:111439. [DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2022.111439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Revised: 08/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Zigante M, Pavlic A, Morelato L, Vandevska-Radunovic V, Spalj S. Presence and Maturation Dynamics of Mandibular Third Molars and Their Influence on Late Mandibular Incisor Crowding: A Longitudinal Study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph181910070. [PMID: 34639372 PMCID: PMC8508372 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph181910070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Revised: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between the absence, presence and dynamics of mandibular third molar development and the occurrence and amount of late mandibular incisor crowding. Dental plaster casts and panoramic radiographs of 72 orthodontically untreated subjects from the Nittedal growth study, Norway were analyzed. The subjects were recalled for a checkup at 12, 15, 18 and 21 years of age. Mandibular incisor crowding was assessed using Little's irregularity index and dental maturation of the third molars by the Cameriere's index. The majority of the subjects (64%) had ≥1 mm increase in irregularity; 22% experienced an increase of 0.1-0.9 mm and 14% had unchanged or decreased irregularity. Incisor irregularity increased with age, regardless of absence or presence of third molars. The amount of change in incisor irregularity from 12 to 21 years did not differ significantly between subjects with hypodontia of third molars, extraction and those with third molars present. No differences were observed between erupted, unerupted or impacted third molars. No correlation was found between the amount of change in irregularity and maturation of the third molars. In conclusion, occurrence and amount of mandibular late incisor crowding is not significantly influenced by the presence of mandibular third molars or their development dynamics.
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- Martina Zigante
- Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Rijeka, Kresimirova 40, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia; (A.P.); (S.S.)
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Rijeka, Kresimirova 40, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia; (A.P.); (S.S.)
- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Rijeka, Kresimirova 40, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
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- Department of Oral Surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Rijeka, Kresimirova 40, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia;
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- Department of Orthodontics, Institute of Clinical Dentistry, University of Oslo, Geitmyrsveien 71, 0317 Oslo, Norway;
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- Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Rijeka, Kresimirova 40, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia; (A.P.); (S.S.)
- Department of Dental Medicine, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Crkvena 21, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
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Spake L, Hoppa RD, Blau S, Cardoso HFV. Lack of biological mortality bias in the timing of dental formation in contemporary children: Implications for the study of past populations. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2021; 174:646-660. [PMID: 33393681 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Revised: 12/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Biological mortality bias is the idea that individuals who perish (non-survivors) are biologically distinct from those who survive (survivors). If biological mortality bias is large enough, bioarchaeological studies of nonsurvivors (skeletal samples) cannot accurately represent the experiences of the survivors of that population. This effect is particularly problematic for the study of juvenile individuals, as growth is particularly sensitive to environmental insults. In this study, we test whether biological mortality bias exists in one dimension of growth, namely dental development. MATERIALS AND METHODS Postmortem computed tomography scans of 206 children aged 12 years and younger at death were collected from two institutions in the United States and Australia. The sample was separated into children dying from natural causes as proxies for non-survivors and from accidental causes as proxies for survivors. Differences in the timing of dental development were assessed using sequential logistic regressions between dental formation stages and residual analysis of dental minus chronological age. RESULTS No consistent delay in age of attainment of dental stages was documented between survivors and non-survivors. Delays between survivors and non-survivors in dental relative to chronological age were greatest for infants, and were greater for females than for males. DISCUSSION Lack of biological mortality bias in dental development reinforces confidence in juvenile age estimates and therefore in skeletal growth profiles and growth studies. As dental development is known to be less environmentally sensitive than skeletal growth and development, further studies should examine biological mortality bias in long bone length.
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- Laure Spake
- Religion Programme and Centre for Research on Evolution, Belief and Behaviour, University of Otago, Dunedinm, New Zealand
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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- Forensic Services, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Southbank, Australia.,Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Archaeology and Centre for Forensic Research, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
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Šešelj M, Sherwood RJ, Konigsberg LW. Timing of Development of the Permanent Mandibular Dentition: New Reference Values from the Fels Longitudinal Study. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2019; 302:1733-1753. [DOI: 10.1002/ar.24108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2018] [Revised: 11/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Maja Šešelj
- Department of AnthropologyBryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania
- Department of Population and Public Health SciencesBoonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University Kettering Ohio
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- Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, Department of Orthopaedic SurgeryUniversity of Missouri School of Medicine Columbia Missouri
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- Department of AnthropologyUniversity of Illinois Urbana‐Champaign Urbana Illinois
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Examining the socioeconomic effects on third molar maturation in a Portuguese sample of children, adolescents and young adults. Int J Legal Med 2016; 131:235-242. [DOI: 10.1007/s00414-016-1476-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2016] [Accepted: 10/11/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Cardoso HFV, Spake L, Liversidge HM. A Reappraisal of Developing Permanent Tooth Length as an Estimate of Age in Human Immature Skeletal Remains. J Forensic Sci 2016; 61:1180-9. [PMID: 27320642 DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.13120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2015] [Revised: 11/02/2015] [Accepted: 11/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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This study expands on existing juvenile age prediction models from tooth length by increasing sample size and using classical calibration. A sample of 178 individuals from two European known sex and age skeletal samples was used to calculate prediction formulae for each tooth for each sex separately and combined. Prediction errors, residuals, and percentage of individuals whose real age fell within the 95% prediction interval were calculated. An ANCOVA was used to test sex and sample differences. Tooth length for age does not differ between the samples except for the canine and second premolar, and no statistically significant sex differences were detected. The least prediction error was found in the incisors and the first molar, and the highest prediction error was found in the third molar. Age prediction formulae provided here can be easily used in a variety of contexts where tooth length is measured from any isolated tooth.
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- Hugo F V Cardoso
- Department of Archaeology and Centre for Forensic Research, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada.
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- Department of Archaeology and Centre for Forensic Research, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Institute of Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Turner Street, London, E1 2AD, U.K
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Secular trend in the maturation of permanent teeth in a sample of Turkish children over the past 30 years. Forensic Sci Int 2016; 259:155-60. [PMID: 26773225 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.12.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2015] [Revised: 11/15/2015] [Accepted: 12/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This study was performed to evaluate the influence of secular trends on dental maturation among Turkish children over the past 30 years. Orthopantomograms of 757 (385 boys, 372 girls) Turkish children born in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s were evaluated. Three groups were formed based on decade with five subgroups by age from 9 to 13 years old for each gender. The number of samples in each age group and gender were matched. The mandibular left seven permanent teeth were evaluated based on formation stage to determine the overall dental maturity score. The groups were compared based on decade and gender. The Bonferroni-corrected Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used for statistical evaluation. Among 11-, 12-, and 13-year-olds born in the 2000s, girls exhibited significantly more mature dentition than did boys (p<0.01, p<0.05, and p<0.05, respectively). Twelve-year-old girls born in the 1990s and 2000s exhibited significantly more mature dentition than did girls born in the 1980s (p<0.01). Girls generally exhibited more mature dentition than boys. No significant positive secular trends in dental maturity were observed from the 1980s through the 2000s. Dental maturation among Turkish children was not affected by a secular trend.
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Secular trend of earlier onset and decelerated development of third molars: Evidence from Croatia. Forensic Sci Int 2015; 249:202-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2014] [Revised: 01/28/2015] [Accepted: 02/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Vucic S, de Vries E, Eilers PH, Willemsen SP, Kuijpers MA, Prahl-Andersen B, Jaddoe VW, Hofman A, Wolvius EB, Ongkosuwito EM. Secular trend of dental development in Dutch children. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2014; 155:91-8. [DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2013] [Revised: 05/26/2014] [Accepted: 05/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Strahinja Vucic
- The Generation R Study Group; ErasmusMC University Medical Center Rotterdam; The Netherlands
- Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery; Special Dental Care and Orthodontics, ErasmusMC University Medical Center Rotterdam; The Netherlands
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- Department of Public Health; ErasmusMC University Medical Center Rotterdam; The Netherlands
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- Department of Biostatistics; ErasmusMC University Medical Center Rotterdam; The Netherlands
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- Department of Biostatistics; ErasmusMC University Medical Center Rotterdam; The Netherlands
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- Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Biology; Radboud University Medical Center; Nijmegen The Netherlands
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- Department of Orthodontics; Academic Center for Dentistry; Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- The Generation R Study Group; ErasmusMC University Medical Center Rotterdam; The Netherlands
- Department of Epidemiology; ErasmusMC University Medical Center Rotterdam; The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology; ErasmusMC University Medical Center Rotterdam; The Netherlands
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- The Generation R Study Group; ErasmusMC University Medical Center Rotterdam; The Netherlands
- Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery; Special Dental Care and Orthodontics, ErasmusMC University Medical Center Rotterdam; The Netherlands
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- The Generation R Study Group; ErasmusMC University Medical Center Rotterdam; The Netherlands
- Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery; Special Dental Care and Orthodontics, ErasmusMC University Medical Center Rotterdam; The Netherlands
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Ambarkova V, Galić I, Vodanović M, Biočina-Lukenda D, Brkić H. Dental age estimation using Demirjian and Willems methods: Cross sectional study on children from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Forensic Sci Int 2014; 234:187.e1-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2013] [Revised: 08/20/2013] [Accepted: 10/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Shapland F, Lewis ME. Brief communication: A proposed method for the assessment of pubertal stage in human skeletal remains using cervical vertebrae maturation. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2013; 153:144-53. [DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2013] [Accepted: 10/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Fiona Shapland
- Department of Archaeology; School of Human and Environmental Studies, University of Reading; Reading Berkshire RG6 6AB UK
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- Department of Archaeology; School of Human and Environmental Studies, University of Reading; Reading Berkshire RG6 6AB UK
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