A variety of physiological systems are used for age estimation, for example, long bones, skull bones and teeth. The latter are one of the strongest structures in the human body and are known to be preserved long after most other tissues, even bones, have disintegrated. The dentition’s sturdiness usually facilitates its preservation irrespective of decomposition, incineration and high-impact trauma. The greatest advantage to using teeth rather than bone for forensic investigations is that they can be clinically inspected in living individuals. These advantages probably place teeth above other skeletal parameters and amongst the organs of choice in forensic age estimation and