Background: Assessment of age of an individual whether living or dead through teeth is one of the most reliable and simple methods to calculate age than skeletal remains especially when they are in poor conditions. Objectives: The study was carried out with aim of i) to evaluate the reliability of dental age assessment through two different methods for adults i.e tooth coronal index and pulp /tooth ratio using digital panoramic radiographs and ii) to compare these methods for their accuracy in age determination. Materials and Methods: The digital panoramic radiographs of 180 subjects of Chhattisgarh aged 15-70 years were selected for the study.
The measurements were performed on the JPEG images of selected Panoramic Radiographs by using Adobe Acrobat 7.0 professional software. For Tooth Coronal Index(TCI), the height of the crown i.e Coronal Height(CH) and the height of the coronal pulp…
