Sexual dimorphism of enamel area, coronal dentin area, bicervical diameter and dentinoenamel junction scallop area in longitudinal ground section
Autor: | Hidangmayum Denish Sharma, Shubha Kumaraswamy, Okram Manoranjan Singh, Wakambam Monalisa, Pillai Arun Gopinathan, Ganganna Kokila |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
coronal dentin area
Radiography ground section Biology Forensic Corner Pathology and Forensic Medicine 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine stomatognathic system Dentin medicine Premolar enamel area 0601 history and archaeology 030216 legal & forensic medicine General Dentistry Orthodontics 060101 anthropology Enamel paint business.industry Significant difference 06 humanities and the arts Dental-enamel junction Sexual dimorphism stomatognathic diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology Average enamel thickness visual_art Coronal plane sexual dimorphism visual_art.visual_art_medium business |
Zdroj: | Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology : JOMFP |
ISSN: | 1998-393X 0973-029X |
Popis: | Introduction: Sex determination plays an important role in forensics; several studies done using radiographs, model cast and animal teeth have shown that males possess larger tooth crown and more dentin than that of the females. As physical sectioning of tooth provides more accurate measurement of enamel thickness when compared with other methods, the present study was done to evaluate and compare enamel area (EA), coronal dentin area (CDA), bi-cervical diameter (BCD), average enamel thickness (AET) and dentinoenamel junction scallop area (DEJ-SA) in longitudinal ground sections of first premolars between males and females. Materials and Methods: A total of 60 extracted first premolar teeth were used for the study, of which 30 were from male and 30 were from female. A longitudinal ground section of 15 maxillary and 15 mandibular premolars of approximately 50 μm was prepared buccolingually at the center of each tooth and mounted on the slide. Multiple photomicrographs were captured with the help of Image Analysis System Software-Progres, Speed XT core 3. EA, CDA, length of the dentinoenamel junction and BCD were measured. Average DEJ-SA and AET were also calculated. Results: Mann–Whitney U- test was used for statistical analysis. It was found that EA and AET were significantly greater in females than in males. On the contrary, it was found that CDA was significantly greater in males than in females. However, no significant difference was found in BCD and DEJ-SA between males and females. Conclusion: Permanent first premolar can be reliably used in the field of forensic in establishing gender of individuals by measuring its EA, CDA and AET. |
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