Anthropology
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Shashidhar Kotian

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• Research Article
  Sexual Diamorphism-An Odontometric Approach
  
  Author(s): Ankita Jain, Shashidhar Kotian, Shilpi Rastogi Ankita Jain, Shashidhar Kotian, 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.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2332-0915.1000104

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