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01-11-2007 | Original Article

Comparative study on the effect of ethnicity on wisdom tooth eruption

Authors: A. Olze, P. van Niekerk, T. Ishikawa, B. L. Zhu, R. Schulz, H. Maeda, A. Schmeling

Published in: International Journal of Legal Medicine | Issue 6/2007

Abstract

The current knowledge base for evaluating the influence of ethnic origin on wisdom tooth eruption is still inadequate. We therefore analyzed and compared the chronology of wisdom tooth eruption in three ethnic populations—German, Japanese, and black South African—based on evidence from 2,482 conventional orthopantomograms. The investigated German population ranked in the middle in terms of the age of wisdom tooth eruption. The black South African population was the fastest and the Japanese population the slowest in terms of reaching the respective eruption stages. Population-specific reference data should be used when evaluating wisdom tooth eruption for the purpose of forensic age estimation.

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Title: Comparative study on the effect of ethnicity on wisdom tooth eruption
Authors: A. Olze
P. van Niekerk
T. Ishikawa
B. L. Zhu
R. Schulz
H. Maeda
A. Schmeling
Publication date: 01-11-2007
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: International Journal of Legal Medicine / Issue 6/2007
Print ISSN: 0937-9827
Electronic ISSN: 1437-1596
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-007-0171-9

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