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The result is inaccurate age estimation in Southern Africa, a region where there is great forensic and anthropological need for reliable age estimation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To develop a population\u2010specific atlas of permanent tooth emergence and formation for age estimation of Black Southern Africans.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Using data from a cross\u2010sectional study of 642 school children aged 5\u201320 years, panoramic radiographs taken during routine dental examination in a mobile treatment van were analyzed using the Demirjian method of eight (A\u2013H) tooth formation stages. 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The relationship of the third molar occlusal surfaces with occlusal tables on the radiographs were checked and compared with the findings recorded during intra oral examination.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Comparison with the London atlas shows that at age 9.5 years, the canine and premolar emergence are at least one year ahead and the third molar formation completes four years earlier in the WITS Atlas.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Similarities in advancement in tooth formation and emergence across sub\u2010Saharan Africa suggest that the WITS Atlas can be used for those populations as well.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/ajpa.23424","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,15]],"date-time":"2018-02-15T06:02:38Z","timestamp":1518674558000},"page":"208-218","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":26,"title":["The WITS Atlas: A Black Southern African dental atlas for permanent tooth formation and emergence"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"166","author":[{"given":"Temitope A.","family":"Esan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Dentistry Obafemi Awolowo University Ile\u2010Ife Nigeria"},{"name":"Human Variation and Identification Unit, School of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg 2193 South Africa"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1379-0817","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lynne A.","family":"Schepartz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Human Variation and Identification Unit, School of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg 2193 South Africa"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_7_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"65","DOI":"10.5005\/jcdp-4-3-65","article-title":"Time of eruption of primary dentition in Saudi children","volume":"4","author":"Al\u2010Jasser N. 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