Modelos determinantes de edad cronológica a partir del desarrollo del tercer molar. Revisión de la literatura.

Abstract

Introduction: The use of third molars for age prediction is crucial when it is necessary to determine the primary or minor status of a person when legal documents are not accessible, as in the case of amnestics, and also, for example, in Legal or anthropological issues. Objective: To evaluate the determining models of chronological age that use the development of the third molar as their indicator and can be observed radiographically. Methodology: Search through Pubmed, Sciencedirect, Scielo and Google Scholar. It is a research work with a quantitative approach, cross-sectional, retrospective in the bibliographic search of observational and descriptive design; The following inclusion and exclusion criteria included 29 articles. Analysis and discussion of results: Variability of the third molar in size and shape, related to chronological changes in its growth in the age range of 16 to 23 years, coincides with the legal age threshold of the majority of the population is within the period maturity of these teeth. Conclusion: The determining methods of age estimation from the development of the third molar are diverse and show a strong positive tension in the methods that do not depend on the subjective prediction of the observer.