Efectividad del método lamendil y González-Colmenares para determinar la edad en un grupo específico de individuos en Colombia

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: This research is a bibliographic and practical review on the determination of the age in previously identified deceased from the city of Cali and Santander de Quilichao, which is fundamental due to a legal process to determine if they are of legal age. The estimation of age is a relatively young study of forensic medicine, which became important in the nineties, due to migratory movements. METHOD: a search was carried out in the Library System of the Antonio Nariño University: Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source, and articles published between 2007 and 2017 were selected. As an inclusion criterion, the research aimed at determining the chronological age of the individuals by means of the forensic analysis of the teeth, 3 samples were taken, 11,42,44 teeth from each of the 15 deceased, we proceed to take measurements with a digital caliper for greater precision of root length, periodontosis and root translucency, placing the teeth against the light of the X-ray viewer, we recorded the data obtained, deceased without prior identification, deceased under 25 years of age, who had prosthesis that compromised the teeth to be studied, in addition to the fact that these teeth to be studied were fractured or present orthodontics. CONCLUSIONS: At the end of the investigation and correlating the results of teeth 11, 42 and 44, it is concluded that tooth 42 was the one that demonstrated the greatest effectiveness when using the González-Colmenares formula.