Morphometric Analysis of Odontometric Parameters for Gender Determination

In contemporary human population, males exhibit larger size of dentition as compared to females. Additionally, these odontometric parameters show variation in members of same species and also show regional variation. To evaluate sexual dimorphism of four maxillary odontometric parameters such as Int...

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Published in:Journal of clinical and diagnostic research 2017-08, Vol.11 (8), p.ZC09-ZC13
Main Authors: Grewal, Dilpreet Singh, Khangura, Rajbir Kaur, Sircar, Keya, Tyagi, Krishan Kumar, Kaur, Gurkirat, David, Simon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
arch length
Dentistry Section
forensic odontology
intercanine width
interpremolar width
sexual dimorphism
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Summary:In contemporary human population, males exhibit larger size of dentition as compared to females. Additionally, these odontometric parameters show variation in members of same species and also show regional variation. To evaluate sexual dimorphism of four maxillary odontometric parameters such as Intercanine Width (ICW), Interpremolar Width (IPW), Arch Length (AL) and Combined Width (CW) of six maxillary anterior teeth, to determine percentage of sexual dimorphism of all four odontometric parameters singly or in combination and also to determine sensitivity, specificity and overall accuracy of odontometric parameters for sex determination. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 200 subjects (100 males, 100 females). Four odontometric parameters ICW, IPW, AL and CW were measured directly on the subject and the data thus collected was subjected to statistical analysis. Discriminant statistical analysis (d square test) revealed that all the four odontometric maxillary parameters exhibited greater mean values in males as compared to females. The difference was found to be statistically highly significant (p
ISSN:2249-782X
0973-709X
DOI:10.7860/JCDR/2017/26680.10341