Age estimation by palatal suture using modified Kamijo’s method

• Published in: Forensic science international Vol. 348; p. 111706
• Main Authors: Kobayashi, Susumu, Makino, Yohsuke, Torimitsu, Suguru, Mizuno, Satomi, Yamaguchi, Rutsuko, Chiba, Fumiko, Tsuneya, Shigeki, Iwase, Hirotaro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier B.V 01.07.2023; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Age; Age determination; Age estimation; Agreements; Autopsies; Autopsy; Chronology; Dentists; Digital cameras; equations; Females; Forensic anthropology; Forensic medicine; Forensic science; Forensic sciences; Human remains; human skeleton; Males; Maxillary suture obliteration; Morphology; necropsy; Palatal suture; Population studies; Regression analysis; Regression coefficients; Standard error; Sutures; United States > US; Japan; human skeleton; Maxillary suture obliteration; Forensic anthropology; Age estimation; Palatal suture

The present study aimed to investigate the correlation between palatal suture obliteration and age in modern Japanese and to develop an age estimation equation by modifying Kamijo's (1949) method. The subjects were 195 Japanese skeletal remains (155 males and 40 females) whose age and sex were...