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Sexual dimorphism in the tooth‐crown diameters of the deciduous teeth
Author(s) -
Black Thomas K.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330480111
Subject(s) - sexing , sexual dimorphism , crown (dentistry) , deciduous , deciduous teeth , biology , linear discriminant analysis , dentistry , orthodontics , zoology , mathematics , botany , medicine , statistics
Mesiodistal and buccolingual crown dimensions of the right deciduous teeth of 133 white children were analyzed for information on sexual dimorphism and sex discrimination using discriminant analysis. Even though consistent differences were found for only 15 out of 20 paired measurements, five of them significant at p = 0.05 or better, discriminant analysis showed the possibility of correctly sexing up to 75% of the juvenile sample, using a maximum of seven deciduous teeth.