Ademir Franco, Jared Murray, Dennis Heng, Anna Lygate, Debora Moreira, Jaqueline Ferreira, Djessyca Miranda E Paulo, Carlos Palhares Machado, Juliano Bueno, Scheila Mânica, Lucas Porto, André Abade, Luiz Renato Paranhos
Third molar development is used for dental age estimation when all the other teeth are fully mature. In most medicolegal facilities, dental age estimation is an operator-dependent procedure. During the examination of unaccompanied and undocumented minors, this procedure may lead to binary decisions around age thresholds of legal interest, namely the ages of 14, 16 and 18 years. This study aimed to test the performance of artificial intelligence to classify individuals below and above the legal age thresholds of 14, 16 and 18 years using third molar development...
February 26, 2024: Scientific Reports