The qualities of the dentition (preservability, hereditability, evolutionary stability, behavioral correlations) make them eminently suited for long-term evolutionary studies where only natural selection need be considered. Teeth, however, can be just as valuable for short-term or microevolutionary
The Estimation of Age from the Dentition
โ Scribed by H.W. Noble
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Year
- 1974
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 556 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0015-7368
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โฆ Synopsis
Detailed knowledge of the manner of development of the dentition and of the way in which tooth structure is progressively modified by internal and environmental injuences is hebful when the age of an individual has to be assessed. The accuracy with which this can be done decreases with age. Extensive experience on the part of the investigator is required.
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The literature on age estimation from the structure of adult human teeth is reviewed. Several anatomic changes of teeth have been shown to be valuable in age determination, but there is still controversy concerning the accuracy of cemental annulation. It is believed that improvements in age estimati