Comparison of Willems and Demirjian Methods for Age Estimation in a Pediatric Aegean Population
Project no. 347 · Status: Kapanmış · 2017
Summary
The aim of the study was to evaluate the applicability and accuracy of Willems method for assessing aegean Turkish children and to analyze the reliability of this method in different age groups for both genders. Panoramic radiographs of 2000 children (1000 females, 1000 males) aged between 5 and 15 years were examined by one observer. This retrospective study involved a contemporary aegean Turkish population. The chronological ages of the subjects were divided into 11 groups. These 11 groups consisted of children of the following ages 5 and 15. The paired t-test was used to compare all data according to gender and age groups. No statistically significant difference was present between Williems method, Demirjiyan method and chronologic age in all ages (p>0.05). In conclusion, Williems method in suggested for age estimation in the pediatric population because it is easy to use and it has close results to the chronologic age.