Academic Editors: Luigi Cipolloni and Raffaele La Russa
Background: Counting the tooth cementum annulations (TCA) is a method
for estimating the age at death of adults by sections of their tooth root. The
objective of this study was to assess the precision of counting the cementum
incremental lines and the congruence between known age and age estimates.
Possible factors affecting the accuracy of the estimate were also analyzed.
Methods: A sample of 67 permanent teeth extracted from individuals with
known age (18–84 years) and sex was analyzed to calculate the dental age.
Results: Results demonstrate an excellent inter- and intra-observer
reliability of annuli counting, with dissimilarities within the limits of
agreement. A moderate positive correlation was found between chronological age
and TCA. Our results showed that age congruence rates differed across age groups
(85% congruence in individuals