IOFOS Updates International Standards for Forensic Dental Age Assessment in Living Individuals

Updated IOFOS recommendations (Jan 2026) set minimum standards for forensic dental age assessment when ID documents are unavailable — covering radiological exam, method selection, population-appropriate reference data, uncertainty reporting, and rights protection.

• Guideline document from the International Organisation of Forensic Odonto-Stomatology (IOFOS), most recently revised January 2026; not an original research study with a primary outcome statistic.
• Key updates address case documentation, population-appropriate reference dataset selection, uncertainty estimation, and legal implications of minority/majority age thresholds — areas where prior versions lagged evolving evidence and ethics.
• Recommendations are intended as an international framework to be adapted within jurisdiction-specific legal systems; local applicability will vary and national validation of reference data is still required.

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