Year : 2018

Volume : Volume 8

Issue : Issue 2

Abstract

Aim:  Age estimation using alveolar bone resorption. Materials and Method: Completely edentulous patients attending the OPD of Pacific Dental College, Udaipur, were included in the study after routine clinical examination and recorded in the case file of the department. Total number of 237 volunteers formed study group. Participants were included in the study considering inclusion and exclusion criteria. Consent of the patients for a panoramic radiograph was obtained. Exposure was accomplished. All the films were processed with visual method. The radiographs were dried, labeled and stored for further evaluation. Mandibular bone height was measured & alveolar bone resorption was calculated using position of mental foramen on panoramic radiograph. Entire data of the study was recorded in numerical value & the results were evaluated for the statistical significance. Results: In the present study, age estimation was not possible in the later age groups because there was no significant difference in alveolar bone resorption in the later age groups. Conclusion: In the study, mandibular alveolar bone resorption did not correlate with advancing age. Age estimation could be possible only when early age groups are compared with later age groups in edentulous mandibles.

Keywords: Mental foramen, panoramic radiograph, mandibular bone resorption.