Table 1. Characteristics of the chosen articles.
| Author | Year | Country | Total amount | Age | Sex | Teeth | Method | Imaging | correlation results | ||
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| Vandevoort, Cleynenbreugel, Bielen, Lambrechts, Weves, Peirs and Willems (16) | 2004 | Belgium | 43 | 24-66 | N/A | Single-rooted teeth | Pulp/tooth volume | Micro-CT SkyScan byba | r=0,31 | ||
| Yang, Jacobs and Willems (32) | 2006 | Belgium | 19 | 23-70 | 11 f 8 m |
Incisors, canines and premolars | Pulp/tooth volume ratio | Cone-beam CT- 3D Accuitomo | r=0,29 | ||
| Someda, Saka, Matsunaga, Nakahara, Hirata and Hashimoto (22) | 2009 | Japan | 155 | 12-79 | 79 f 76 m |
Mandibular central incisors | Volumes of enamel, dentine and pulp cavity | Micro-CT-HMX225 ACTIS4 | r=0,67 m r=0,76 f volume ratio pulp cavity/tooth volume excluding enamel |
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| Graham, O`Donnel, Craig, Walker, Hill, Cirillo, Clark, Gledhill and Schneider-Kolsky (28) | 2009 | Australia | 96 | <15 | N/A | Incisors Deciduous Permanent |
MFH (Moorrees, Fanning and Hunt) Experience- based estimation |
CT-Toshiba | r=0,9 | ||
| Bassed and Hill (43) | 2010 | Australia | 2 | 0,5-3,5 year | N/A | N/A | Demirjian | CT-Toshiba Aquilion 16 | Useful tool in identification | ||
| Aboshi, Takahashi and Komuro (25) | 2010 | Japan | 50 | 20-78 | 23 f 27 m |
Mandibular first and second premolars | Pulp/tooth volume | Micro CT-SMX- 130CT-SV | r=0,625 mandibular first r=0,698 mandibular second | ||
| Agematsu, Someda, Hashimoto, Matsunaga, Abe, Kim, Koyama, Naito, Ishida and Ide (31) | 2010 | Japan | N/A | 20-79 | 75 f 73 m 54 f 56 m |
Mandibular central incisor Mandibular second premolar | Pulp/tooth volume | Micro-CT HMX225 ACTIS4 |
r=0,75 r=0,67 r=0,58 r=0,56 |
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| Tardivo, Sastre, Ruquet, Thollon, Adalian, Leonetti and Foti (33) | 2011 | France | 58 | 14-74 | 32 f 26 m |
Canines | Pulp/ tooth volume | CT | r=0,32 f r=0,47 m | ||
| Bassed, Briggs and Drummer (5) | 2011 | Australia | 667 | 15-25 | 216 f 451 m |
Mandibular third molar | Demirjian | CT-Toshiba Aquilion 16 | 100% females and 96% males with completed roots were over 18 years old | ||
| Bassed, Briggs and Drummer (26) | 2011 | Australia | 605 | 15-25 | 184 f 421 m |
Mandibular third molar, clavicle and an intact spheno-occipital synchondrosis | Demirjian Schulz Powell and Brodie |
CT-Toshiba Aquilion 16 | These three methods used together gives 95% confidence than when each marker is used alone | ||
| Star, Thevissen, Jacobs, Fieuws, Solheim and Willems (34) |
2011 | Belgium | 64 32 15 |
10-65 | N/A | Central Incisor Lateral Incisor Canine First premolar Second premolar | Pulp/tooth volume | CBCT Scanora 3 D | r=0,41 r=0,07 r=0,23 |
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| Jagannathan, Neelakantan, Thiruvengadam, Ramani, Premkumar, Natesan, Herald and Luder (48) | 2011 | India | 140 | 10-70 | N/A | Mandibular canines | Pulp/tooth volume | CBCT 3D Accuimoto |
r=0,397 | ||
| Sakuma, Saitoh, Suzuki, Makino, Inokuchi, Hayakawa, Yajima and Iwase (15) | 2012 | Japan | 136 | 14-79 | 31 f 105 m |
Mandibular first premolars | Pulp cavity/tooth volume | CT-NewTom 3G | r=0,76 and 95% confidence | ||
| Cantekin, Sekerci and Buyuk (14) | 2013 | Turkey | 649 | 9-25 | 319 f 330 m |
Mandibular third molar | Demirjian | Cone-beam CT-NewTom 3G | r=0,78 f r=0,80 m | ||
| Tardivo, Sastre, Catherine, Leonetti, Adalian and Foti (33) |
2014 | France | 840 | 15-85 | N/A | Canines | Pulp/tooth volume | CT-Siemens sensation | r=0,915-0,964 | ||
| Porto, Neto, Pontual and Catunda (49) | 2015 | Brazil | 118 | 22-70 | 60 f 58 m |
Maxillary central incisors | Pulp cavity /tooth volume ratio | Cone-beam CT i-Cat Next Generation |
r=0,21 r=0,15 m r=0,297 f |
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| Ge, Ma, Li, Zhang and Ma (30) | 2015 | China | 373 maxillary 372 mandibular |
12-69 | N/A | First molar | Pulp/tooth volume | Cone-beam CT NewTom VG Micro-CT |
Significant differences in sex and tooth position r=0,66 maxillary r=0,604 mandibular More accuracy than CBCT |
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| Pinchi, Pradella, Buti, Baldinotti, Focardi and Norelli (50) | 2015 | Italy | 148 | 10-80 | 91 f 57 m |
Maxillary left central incisors | Pulp/tooth volume | CBCT Scanora 3D |
The age cohorts between 30 and 59 years showed the highest accuracy r=0,58 |
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| De Angelis, Gaudio, Guercini, Cipriani, Gibelli, Caputi and Cattaneo (51) | 2015 | Italy | 91 | 17-80 | 49 f 42 m |
Maxillary right third molar | Pulp/tooth volume | CBCT-i-cat Next Generation | r=0,485 r=0,263 Total r=0,389 |
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| Baumann, Widek, Merkens, Boldt, Petrivic, Urshler, Kirnbauer, Jakse and Scheurer (24) | 2015 | Austria | 27 | 13,6-23,1 | 19 f 8 m |
Molars (262, mineralization, 274 eruption) |
Demirjian and Mincer (mineralization) Olze (eruption) | MR MagnetomTrio,a Tim System,Siemens AG |
Good correlation between MRI and OPG MRI tended to give slightly lower stages | ||
| Guo, Olze, Ottow, Scmidt, Schulz, Heindel, Pfeiffer, Vieth and Scmeling (21) | 2015 | Germany | 517 | 12-24 | 248 f 269 m |
Mandibular third molars | Demirjian | MR Philips 3,0 Achieva |
MRI is an X-ray free alternative to OPG in assessing mineralization | ||
| Ge, Yang, Li, Zhang and Ma (35) | 2016 | China | 240 | 16-63 | 115 f 125 m |
13 types of teeth | Pulp/tooth volume | CBCT-New Tom VG | Maxillary second molar has the best result r=0,64 | ||
| Penaloza, Karkhanis, Kvaal, Nurul, Kanagasinga, Franklin, Vasudavan, Kruger and Tennant (36) |
2016 | Australia | 101 | 15-75 | 55f 46m |
Maxillary central and lateral incisors and The second premolar Mandibular lateral incisor, canine and first premolar |
Kvaal | CBCT both Kodac and i-Cat. |
The accuracy was outside an acceptable range and more time consuming than dental radiographs. | ||
| De Tobel, Hillewig and Verstraete (39) | 2016 | Belgium | 52 | 14-26 | N/A | Third molars | Demirjian and Köhler | MR Magnetom, a Tim system, Siemens AG | 3T MRI has advantages compared to OPG, but further research is necessary. | ||
| Màrquez-Ruiz, Trevino-Tijerina, Gonzàlez-Herrera, Sànches, Gonzàles- Ramirre and Valenzuela (37) |
2017 | Spain | 135 | 14-23 | 62f 73m |
Maxillary and mandibular third molar | Demirjian Pulp/tooth volume |
Multi-slice helical high resolutionLigt-Speed VCT CT system | Virtual CT imaging is an alternative to OPG for the assessment of third molar mineralization. | ||
| Penaloza, Karkhanis, Kvaal, Vasudavan, Castelblanco, Kruger and Tennant (38) |
2017 | Australia | 21 | 15-63 | 12f 9m |
Maxillary canines | Pulp/tooth volume | CBCT 9000 3D Extraoral Imaging System |
Not showing better results than methods based on dental radiographs. | ||
| De Tobel, Phlypo, Fieuws, Politis, Verstraete and Thevissen (43) | 2017 | Belgium | 309 | 14-26 | 146 f 163 m |
Third molars | To develop an MRI specific staging technique for the development of third molars | Magnetom Trio Tim, Siemens | The new staging technique showed comparable reproducibility and performance. | ||
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