Study of sexual dimorphism in maxillary cannine in Northern Central Region of India
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Canine Width, Intercanine Distance, Forensic odontology, Sexual dimorphism, Sex determination, Mesiodistal dimensionsAbstract
Background: The identification of a dead body may be required for following sudden and unexpected death like fire burn, railways side accident or other type of incident. Sometime body got decomposed and need for medical legal purpose. Teeth are an excellent material for anthropological, genetic, odontologic and forensic investigations and it also help for identification of sex. The teeth can be identified even when the rest of the body become decompose and not able to identification 2. The Sexual Dimorphism able from tooth because the size, stature and appearance between male and female is different in both the sexes.3 Objective: To investigate the accuracy with which gender can be identified by using the Maxillary Canine Index. Materials and Methods: Total 150 subjects were taken for the study purpose in which 75 are male and rest 75 are females in the department of RKDF medical collage & RKDF dental college Bhopal.This study was carried out on 150 subjects which were available. The ages of the subjects ranges between 19-25 years. The procedure for measuring the mesio-distal tooth width was performed as described by Hunter and Priest method. The inter-canine distance was measured between the tips of same arch canines.
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