›› 2014, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (4): 279-281.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-5619.2014.04.012

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Development of CBCT Technique and Its Application on Dental Age Assessment

GUO YU-CHENG1,2,3, WEI LAI1,2,3, ZHU FENG1,2,3, YAN CHUN-XIA1,2,3, CHEN TENG1,2,3   

  1. (1. College of Forensic Medicine, Xi′an Jiaotong University, Xi′an 710061, China; 2. Key Laboratory of Forensic Science, Xi′an Jiaotong University, Ministry of Health, Xi′an 710061, China; 3. Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases, Xi′an Jiaotong University, Ministry of Education, Xi′an 710061, China)
  • Online:2014-08-25 Published:2014-08-28
  • Contact: 陈腾,男,博士,教授,博士研究生导师,主要从事法医临床学及法医人类学研究;E-mail:chenteng@mail.xjtu.edu.cn

Abstract: Teeth are the hardest organs in the human body. They are not easily affected by external physical and chemical factors to degrade or deform. Dental age assessment has been widely used in forensic practice. Dental image is one of the most common methods in the age estimation. The emergence of cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) technology provides a new way to obtain three-dimensional image of teeth. It has many advantages such as low-dose radiation, short-time scanning, high-precision image, and finical convenience. Recent development of CBCT technology and its application on age estimation are reviewed in this paper.

Key words: forensic anthropology, age determination by teeth, review [publication type], cone beam computed tomography

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