Background: Age estimation utilizing the dentition orders a critical stride in human recognizable proof. Teeth have a special property of permanency making them impervious to natural abuse and after death decay and consequently can be held without contortion. Hence; we planned the present study to estimate age with the orthopantomographs (OPGs). Materials & methods: The present study included retrospective assessment of OPGs of 100 subjects of known age. These OPGs were assessed by two autonomous dental practitioners in the meantime interim. The age estimation for each case was finished by decade. At that point the estimation results were contrasted with the ordered period of people by third autonomous dental specialist. Criteria described previously in the literature were used for the evaluation of the OPGs. All the results were analysed by SPSS software. Results: True- false prediction among the age groups of 1- 11 years, 12 to 24 years and 25 to 36 years was observed in 6, 10 and 23 % of subjects respectively. Among subjects of age group of 37 to 49 years and subjects of age group of 50 to 60 years, true false prediction was observed in 22 and 24 % of the subjects respectively. Conclusion: Significant forecasts can be made by assessing age from OPGs.
Key words: Age, Estimation, Orthopantomographs

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This article may be cited as: Singh TP, Chadha V. Assessment of age of patients using dental radiographs: A Forensic Study. Int J Res Health Allied Sci 2017;3(3):32-34.