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Evaluation of Selected Mandibular Measurements in Sex Identification by Using Cone Beam Computed Tomography in A Sample of Egyptian Population.

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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Background: Sexual dimorphism is crucial for person identification, distinguishing males from females. The mandible, the most dimorphic skull bone, is easily imagined using Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT). Skeletal structures vary among populations, requiring specific standards for accuracy. Aim of the work: To provide a reliable method and accurate determination for sex identification. Subjects and methods: The study comprised 260 full skull CBCT radiographs, it was carried out in Oral Radiology Department at Faculty of Dentistry in Suez Canal University (SCU), twelve parameters were measured, maximum ramus length (Max. RL), mandibular base length (MBL), gonial angle (GA), body height at mental foramen (BHMF), maximum ramus breadth (Max. RB), minimum ramus breadth (Min. RB), mandibular notch breadth (MNB), mandibular length projection (MLP), bi- coronoid breadth (BCB), bi- mental length (BML), bi- gonial breadth (BGB) and bi- condylar breadth (BCoB). Results: Males were significantly larger in all measurements except for the gonial angle which was larger in females. Using receiver operating characteristics (ROC) analysis, BGB followed by BCB and BCoB provided sex discrimination accuracy of 76.16% and 73.46% respectively. 90% of the males and 89.2% of the females were properly identified by the binary logistic regression (BLR) model, yielding an overall classification accuracy of 89.6%. The regression formula yielded an accuracy of 89.23%, specificity of 88.46% and sensitivity of 90%. Conclusion and recommendations: Mandible measurements can be used to correctly detect a person's sex, and it is an excellent bone for forensic examination.

DOI

10.21608/esctj.2024.313278.1069

Keywords

sex, Mandibular bone, bi- gonial breadth, bi- coronoid breadth, gonial angle

Authors

First Name

Alaa

Last Name

Helmy

MiddleName

Mahmoud

Affiliation

Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Damietta University, Egypt.

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alaa.helmy@du.edu.eg

City

Mansoura

Orcid

0009-0000-1945-3841

First Name

Nancy

Last Name

Shalaby

MiddleName

El-Metwally

Affiliation

Forensic Medicine &Clinical Toxicology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Damietta University, Egypt.

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nancyshalaby08@gmail.com

City

Mansoura

Orcid

0000-0002-8055-2221

First Name

Asmaa

Last Name

Abdallah

MiddleName

Yousry

Affiliation

Oral Radiology Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Suez Canal University, Egypt.

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asmaa_yousry@dent.suez.edu.eg

City

Ismailia

Orcid

0000-0002-5655-9108

First Name

Sahar

Last Name

Moustafa

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Department , Faculty of Medicine , Suez Canal University, Egypt.

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samoustafa@yahoo.com

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Ismailia

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12

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2

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51764

Issue Date

2024-12-01

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2024-08-18

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2024-11-01

Page Start

65

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78

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2356-6515

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2356-6523

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Egyptian Society of Clinical Toxicology Journal

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https://esctj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Evaluation of Selected Mandibular Measurements in Sex Identification by Using Cone Beam Computed Tomography in A Sample of Egyptian Population.

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25 Dec 2024