Yanık, DenizÖzel, Şelale2022-08-192022-08-192022Yanık, D., Özel, Ş. (2022). Pulp dimensions as an indicator of age in Turkish subpopulation. European Annals of Dental Sciences (Online), 49(1), 5 - 9. 10.52037/eads.2022.00021016-87102757-6744https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12939/2945Purpose: Age prediction is an important factor in the legal process in forensic medicine. The present study aims to assess the impact of pulp height and width on dental age prediction. Materials & Methods: This study consisted of 1000 patients (11-77 years, 500 females and males). The mandibular őrst molar was assessed on panoramic radiography. Two age estimation models were applied. Model 1 included measurements of pulp length and crown length whereas parameters of model 2 were crown width and pulp width. Patients were divided into 4 age groups: Group 1 (between 11 and 18 years), Group 2 (between 19 and 29 years), Group 3 (between 30 and 50 years), Group 4 (between 51 and 77 years). Radiographs were evaluated by two observers. Multiple linear regression models were performed to predict the chronological age for each indicator. Pearson correlation coefőcient was used to assess the relationship between chronological age and predicted dental age. Results: Coefőcients of models 1 and 2 were 0.461 and 0.523, respectively. Pearson correlation analysis showed a negative relationship between chronological age and, pulp height and width ratio. The difference between sex was not statistically signiőcant. Group 3 showed the highest accuracy, whereas Group 4 showed the lowest among age groups. Conclusion: The parameters based on width and length provided similar reliability on dental age estimation. The age between 30 to 59 years showed the highest accuracy of the pulp width and the pulp height in dental age prediction.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAge EstimationForensic OdontologyPulp HeightPulp WidthSecondary DentinArticle49159536016