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Brief Report: Estimating the Dental Age of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

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Determining a patient’s dental age is essential from the dental standpoint but can also have connotations of a forensic, anthropological and medicolegal nature. In this study, we assessed the correspondence between dental age and chronological age in a group of 50 children with autism spectrum disorders, with a chronological age range of 3–17 years. The dental age was calculated using panoramic radiography images, applying linear regression models derived from the classical indices by Nolla and Demirjian. In 2 of every 3 boys, the dental age was ahead of the chronological age, and in almost 1 of every 3 cases, the difference was ≥ 12 months. In the girls, conversely, we found no significant differences between dental age and chronological age.

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The work was supported by the Medical-Surgical Dentistry Research Group (OMEQUI), University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Spain.

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  1. Medical-Surgical Dentistry Research Group (OMEQUI), Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Jacobo Limeres, Pedro Diz, María Teresa Abeleira, Mercedes Outumuro, Javier Fernández-Feijoo, Márcio Diniz-Freitas & Lucía García-Caballero

  2. Special Care Dentistry Unit, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Santiago de Compostela, Calle Entrerríos s/n, C.P. 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Márcio Diniz-Freitas

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JL and PD contributed to conception and design, drafted the manuscript and gave final approval. MTA contributed to interpretation of data, critically revised the manuscript and gave final approval. MO and MDF contributed to acquisition of data, critically revised the manuscript and gave final approval. JFF and LGC contributed to analysis of data, critically revised the manuscript and gave final approval.

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Limeres, J., Diz, P., Abeleira, M.T. et al. Brief Report: Estimating the Dental Age of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. J Autism Dev Disord 49, 2612–2617 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04007-y

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