%0 Journal Article
%T Comparison of Cameriere¡¯s and Demirjian¡¯s methods of age estimation among children in Kerala: a pilot study
							| Clinics and Practice
%A Deena Thomas
%A Jincy Thomas
%A Shabna Fathima
%A Sunila Thomas
%A Tomson Thomas
%A Vivek Velayudhan Nair
%J Clinics and Practice
%D 2018
%R https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2018.991
%X The aim was to compare age estimation using Cameriere¡¯s and Demirjian¡¯s methods to chronologic age in children with mixed dentition in a rural population of Kerala. The present study comprised of 10 subjects of age range 7-12 years. Dental age was assessed using Cameriere¡¯s and Demirjian¡¯s methods and was compared to the chronologic age. Panoramic radiographs were used for assessment of dental age. Data were analysed using paired t-test. The mean of difference obtained was 0.92 and the pvalue was 0.172 which showed insignificant difference between the two methods. Cameriere¡¯s method showed a positive linear correlation (0.6393) with chronologic age and was statistically significant (P=0.0171) , whereas Demirjian¡¯s method showed a negative correlation (¨C0.7598) and was statistically insignificant (P=0.9967). The present study indicated that Cameriere¡¯s method is reliable for age estimation in our population and is more accurate than Demirjian¡¯s method
%K Age estimation
%K Cameriere¡¯s method
%K Demirjian¡¯s method
%K dental age
%K chronologic age.
%U https://www.clinicsandpractice.org/index.php/cp/article/view/991