Alkholi, SaraAlemam, AminMarquez-Grant, Nicholas2023-10-202023-10-202023-09-25Alkholi S, Alemam A, Marquez-Grant N. (2023) Evaluation of the accuracy of Demirjian's method for dental age estimation in Northern Sudanese children and adolescents. SVOA Dentistry, Volume 4, Issue 5, September 2023, pp. 206-2182753-9172https://doi.org/10.58624/SVOADE.2023.04.0152https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/20418A variety of methods have been used worldwide in dental age assessment in the living. However, since dental development varies between populations, population-specific studies are necessary. This study aimed at investigating the accuracy of age estimation using developing teeth from panoramic radiographs according to the method devised by Demirjian and colleagues in a sample of Northern Sudanese children and adolescents (2) Methods: A total sample of 917 X-Rays from patients aged between 6-16 years of age was available, but only 527 were suitable (265 boys, 272 girls). (3) Results: The mean difference between chronological and dental age for Northern Sudanese boys, ranged between (–0.389 to +0.571) while, for the Northern Sudanese girls, the mean difference ranged between (–0.056 to+0.732); (4) Conclusions: The results showed that the Demirjian's method did not accurately predict age in this Northern Sudanese population. Standards were produced to convert the maturity scores calculated by Demirjian's method to a new dental age assessment for Northern-Sudanese population.enAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Age estimationDental ageForensic anthropologyForensic dentistrySudanArticle