Age estimation of living individuals has become a crucial part of the forensic practice,
especially due to the global increase in cross-border migration. The low rate of birth …

Medicolegal physicians are increasingly called upon to aid in determining the administrative
age group affiliation of refugees with questionable unaccompanied minor claims. According …

Forensic age estimation is a crucial aspect of the identification process. While epiphyseal
fusion of long bones has been studied for age estimation since a long time, over the past few …

The AGFAD (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Forensische Alterdiagnostik, Study Group on Forensic
Age Diagnostics) has published several recommendations regarding both technical aspects …

The purpose of the present study was to test whether a new stage classification based on
radiographic visibility of the periodontal ligament in lower third molars in a Chinese …

Background Surgical correction of pectus excavatum (SCOPE) is dependent upon chest wall
pliability with optimal timing prior to complete skeletal maturation. Measures of skeletal …

Established methods of age estimation are based on correlating defined maturation stages
of bony structures with tables representing the observed range of biological ages in the …

One of the main steps of identification process defining the individual in forensic medicine
practice is age and sex determination. The aim of this study is to investigate the possibility of …

To estimate forensic age, the Study Group of Forensic Age Diagnostics of the German
Association of Forensic Medicine (AGFAD) has recommended the radiological investigation …

Within medical age assessment practice, the indicator “medial clavicular ossification”
constitutes crucial evidence capable of excluding age minority “beyond reasonable doubt” …