If age estimation is required in living adults, as in cases of immigrants without birth records and tangible proof of age, extraction of teeth is unethical. Hence, methods that do not require tooth extraction are more useful to evaluate age. . It is in this juncture, the dentomaxillo-facial radiology comes handy as it offers an insight into the developmental stages of the teeth, which provides a baseline data for age estimation in children and adolescents. These include clinical assessment of attrition, use of tooth colour as well as radiological methods. Such non-invasive methods can be used on the living and dead, and do not require complex
