Systematic review of Lamendin’s dental age estimation method

• Autor(a) principal: Lopes, Juliana Ribeiro
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Fernandes, Mário Marques, Michel-Crosato, Edgar, Melani, Rodolfo Francisco Haltenhoff, Oliveira, Rogério Nogueira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Clinical and Laboratorial Research in Dentistry
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/clrd/article/view/89865
• topic: Odontologia Legal

Aim: determine the effectiveness of Lamendin’s method of age estimation, by conducting a systematic review. Methods: for the meta-analysis, we researched studies with the aim of showing the effectiveness of the method by comparing the chronological and estimated ages of the sample. Three database were consulted (MEDLINE, LILACS and EMBASE). We excluded studies with historical samples, those that changed the technique, analyzed other aspects of the method without presenting results on effectiveness, and that presented the sample in a single group with individuals under 25 years of age. The quality evidence scale QUADAS was used with some modifications. The final sample consisted of eight studies. Results: the results showed that the studies identified could be methodologically careless and that the method was ineffective in the elderly, but produced good estimates for adults in other age-ranges. There are discrepancies in the literature as regards the age at which the method works best. Relevance: Lamendin technique studies should have a stricter methodological approach and the technique should be tested before being used in a given population, in order to verify the age at which the results are more accurate.