从牙齿推断年龄的研究进展(综述)

CURRENT PROGRESS OF AGE ESTIMATION FROM TEETH

对无名尸骨进行年龄鉴定是法医实践中常常遇到的问题.牙齿是人体中最坚硬的部分,由于其抗腐败能力强,在尸体中能较完整地保存很长时间,加之牙齿的多项特征都与年龄的增长有一定的相关性,因而牙齿一直被当作推断年龄的重要材料.多年来,人类学,解剖学、法医学等学科的学者们在牙齿的年龄鉴定方面进行了大量的研究,积累了丰富的资料,并不断取得了新的进展.

New methods, as well as modified classic ones on the estimation of human age from teeth are reviewed. As a result of adopting various advanced techniques, plenty of progress, on variety of aspects including the quantity and quality of teeth needed, accuracy of the results, simplifying of the process, etc., are made during the last several decades. It seems that some new methods have more advantages over the classic methods and, have good prospects in forensic practice.