Limits of the Lamendin Method in age determination

Bruno Foti (1, 2) , Pascal Adalian (1) , M. Signoli (1) , Yann Ardagna (1) , Olivier Dutour (1) , Georges Léonetti (1, 3)

1 UAABC - Anthropologie Bio-Culturelle
2 Service d'Odontologie
3 Médecine légale [Hôpital de la Timone - APHM]

This study shows that epithelial attachment level, used as age determination criterion in Lamendin's method, is not reliable for adults of eihter sex above the age of 49 years with periodontal diseases in any quadrant. The underestimation of calculated age increases from 7 to 9 years with chronological age. On the other hand, the present paper confirms the pertinence of dentin translucency as an age indicator in Lamendin's method.

Mots clés: Age determination; attachment level; dentin translucency; forensic odontology

Domaines: Anthropologie biologique

Bruno Foti, Pascal Adalian, M. Signoli, Yann Ardagna, Olivier Dutour, et al.. Limits of the Lamendin Method in age determination. Forensic Science International, 2001, 122, pp.101-106. ⟨halshs-00004923⟩