ESTIMATION OF AGE FROM A STUDY OF THE ERUPTION OF PERMANENT MOLAR TEETH
Keywords:
Age Estimation, Molar eruptionAbstract
Age estimation is one of the most frequently performed medico-legal examinations in the living person. The eruption of permanent molar teeth is fairly accurate and relatively simple method of age estimation during the developmental period. The persent study is a cross sectional one caried out on school and college students of Delhi city.
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