ISSN: 2332-0915
Prateek Rastogi
Toxicology Kasturba Medical College,
Light House Hill Road, Mangalore-575001, Karnataka
India
Research Article
Sexual Diamorphism-An Odontometric Approach
Author(s): Prateek Rastogi, Ankita Jain, Shashidhar Kotian and Shilpi RastogiPrateek Rastogi, Ankita Jain, Shashidhar Kotian and Shilpi Rastogi
Background: Teeth being the most stable tissue in the body provide one of the best records for forensic investigation. Tooth morphology is influenced by cultural, environmental and racial factors. Present study attempts to establish the applicability of human dentition in sexual dimorphism in Indian population. It focuses to measure the odontometric parameters (i.e. mandibular canine width, mandibular intercanine distance, incisor width, mandibular premolar and molar arch width,), calculate dental indices (i.e. mandibular canine index, mandibular premolar and molar indices) and thereby prove their efficacy in determining the sex of an individual.
Materials and Methods: This cross sectional prospective study was carried out on 200 MBBS students of Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore. After taking written informed consent the intraoral odontom.. Read More»
DOI:
10.4172/2332-0915.1000104