Claim: Dental X-rays don't work as a means of finding out a person's age.
Fact-check: Asylum seekers and dental age tests - Full Fact
Verdict: the british dental association describes them as "ineffective", and there's a large margin for error. the home office does accept voluntary tooth x-rays as evidence of age in an asylum application.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Conor James Mckinney
Date published: 2016-10-21T00:00:00