Mandibular and maxillary canine as a tool for sex determination

Mohsenpour, K. and Gangadhar, M. R. and Samehsalari, S. (2017) Mandibular and maxillary canine as a tool for sex determination. Journal of Morphological Sciences, 34 (4). pp. 247-250. ISSN 2177-0298

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Abstract

Introduction: Teeth measurement assist in the forensic and anthropological investigation to estimate age, confirm sex and race of a person. Maximum resistance to change in a natural disaster and also the most level of sexual dimorphism in canines makes them important in mentioned fields. Materials and Methods: During this study, an effort has been created to determine the sex of a person by using Canine Index (CI) which calculated for mandibular and maxillary canines. Mesio-distal (MD) breadth of canines and also the respective inter-canine distances (ICD) were tested using the independent samples t-test revealed significant sex dimorphism among the 100 individuals (50 males and 50 females) of Iranian population in the age group of 18-35 years. Conclusion: It is evident from our study that the maxillary canine index (MaxCI) is a valuable tool for determining sex.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Forensic anthropology, sex determination, mandibular and maxillary canines.
Subjects:	A Arts and Humanities > Anthropology
Divisions:	Department of > Anthropology
Depositing User:	C Swapna Library Assistant
Date Deposited:	09 Jul 2019 05:00
Last Modified:	09 Jul 2019 05:00
URI:	http://eprints.uni-mysore.ac.in/id/eprint/4907

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