Desarrollo del tercer molar en determinación de edad cronológica en el campo forense. Revisión de la literatura.

Abstract

Introduction: Currently, the third molar is used to estimate age because it is the only tooth in the process of maturation at a young age, due to its degree of mineralization it can be easily determined by non-invasive methods such as X-rays. Identification is so important because it can : determine criminal guilt, order a person's asylum status and decree criminality. Materials and Methods: Search through Pubmed, ScienceDirect, Scielo, Web of Science (WOS) and Google Scholar is a research with a quantitative approach, of a documentary, cross-sectional, bibliographic documental, transversal, retrospective type in the search; descriptive and analytical design, deductive method; Following inclusion and exclusion criteria, 49 articles were included. Analysis and discussion of results: The literary review indicates that the Nolla method contains 10 stages in which a numerical value is assigned, which added together give us a value which is transformed into dental age, while Demirjian presents eight maturation stages with a score, which added together give the Dental Age. Mincer uses the H stage, Willems proposes different tables and Cameriere uses a digital program and a mathematical equation. Conclusion: It is concluded that the Demirjian method is the most used but less reliable because it varies considerably between the different populations.