A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF AGE DETERMINATION USING LATERAL CEPHALOGRAM AND ORTHOPANTOMOGRAPH.

Dr.Pratik Chandrakant Malusare; Dr. Abhishek Ghule; Dr. Bhakti Patil; Dr. Mudita Rawal

Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2018

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF AGE DETERMINATION USING LATERAL CEPHALOGRAM AND ORTHOPANTOMOGRAPH.

Dr. Pratik Chandrakant Malusare, Dr. Abhishek Ghule, Dr. Bhakti Patil, Dr. Mudita Rawal

Abstract :

Aim & objective– To compare between OPG& lateral cephalogram for age determinatio using linear dimensions of mandible on lateral cephalogram and age using Demirijan’s classification system for 3rd molar on OPG and compå the accuracy of both methods for age determination

Material & methods–500 OPGs and 500 Lateral Cephalograms of the same patients were randomly selected retrospectively from oral radiology department. These included 212 males & 272 females.

Results & conclusion–Data was subjected to regression analysis. Lateral cephalogram analysis can predict age better than OPG analysis & is more reliable. Age determination using body length on lateral cephalogram gave most accurate results.Thus in conclusion it can be said that by compå lateral cephalometric and OPG parameters we found that lateral cephalometric parameters are more reliable for age estimation as compared to OPG and the derived formulas were matching nearly accurately with the known age of the subject.