Age estimation through mineralization of the metacarpal bones by way of standard radiographes

Authors

  • Nelson Massini Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
  • Eduardo Daruge Universidade Estadual de Campinas
  • Chen Ya Ten
  • Luiz Francesquini Jr. Universidade Estadual de Campinas
  • Eduardo Daruge Jr. Universidade Estadual de Campinas
  • Gesiamy Francisco de Oliveira Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-2770.v2i2p130-137

Keywords:

Carpal Bones/radiography, Carpal Bones/grow & development, Age Determination by Skeleton, Bone Density.

Abstract

The toin of human age is one of the major problems in civil and criminal investigations. We employed standard radiographies to evaluate the age by development and mineralization of eight of the bones metacarpal, in 200 leucoderm brazilians, of both sexes, aging betwen 13 and 22 years old. The results showed that among the eight bones studied, the trapezium and trapezoid, were the bones that presented a more uniform enlarhement of area, in female, the results showed no significative correlation between age and domensions of area. We concluded that, the metacarpal bones in female present a more accelerated development and mineralization than in male, by linear regression analysis, it was possible to make a formula to estimate age, with a relative security, just by trapezoid bone area, with 80,87% of certainty.

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Author Biographies

  • Nelson Massini, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
    Médico-legista. Professor titular da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
  • Eduardo Daruge, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
    Professor titular em Odontologia Legal e Deontologia da FOP/UNICAMP.
  • Chen Ya Ten
    Cirurgiã dentista. Mestre em Ciências, área de Odontologia Legal e Deontologia.
  • Luiz Francesquini Jr., Universidade Estadual de Campinas
    Cirurgião dentista. Mestre em Ciências, área de Odontologia Legal e Deontologia da FOP/UNICAMP.
  • Eduardo Daruge Jr., Universidade Estadual de Campinas
    Cirurgião dentista. Doutor em Ciências, área de Odontologia Legal e Deontologia da FOP/UNICAMP.
  • Gesiamy Francisco de Oliveira, Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes
    Cirurgiã dentista. Professora assistente de Odontologia Legal da Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes.

Published

2017-06-23

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How to Cite

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Massini N, Daruge E, Ten CY, Francesquini Jr. L, Daruge Jr. E, Oliveira GF de. Age estimation through mineralization of the metacarpal bones by way of standard radiographes. Saúde ética justiça [Internet]. 2017 Jun. 23 [cited 2024 Jul. 16];2(2):130-7. Available from: https://revistas.usp.br/sej/article/view/133844