Can canines alone be used for age estimation in Chinese individuals when applying the Kvaal method?

• Main Authors: Mujia Li (Author), Jiamin Zhao (Author), Wenjie Chen (Author), Xin Chen (Author), Guang Chu (Author), Teng Chen (Author), Yucheng Guo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Oxford University Press, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Due to the secondary dentin formation, the dental pulp undergoes changes in shape throughout life. Based on this phenomenon, the Kvaal method has been applied to various populations for age estimation, and its usefulness has been verified. When applying the Kvaal method to Chinese subjects, we obser...