DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2015.v03i01.050

Pages: 249-256

Age estimation of an individual whether live or dead or from recovered human remains is very important in a Medicolegal cases. The aims and objectives of the study was to see the chronology and pattern of union of sagittal suture; to know the relationship between closure of cranial suture and age of deceased; to formulate a practical method for age estimation based on the closure of cranial sutures using the data collected. The strongest positive correlation of ectocranial with endocranial suture is found in the age group of 30-39 years for sagittal sutures.