Open AccessDiagonal tooth measurements in sex assessment: A study on North Indian population
Author(s) -
Adesh Manchanda,
Ramandeep Singh Narang,
Sukhdeep Singh Kahlon,
Balwinder Singh
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of forensic dental sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0975-2137
pISSN - 0975-1475
DOI - 10.4103/0975-1475.146371
Subject(s) - sexual dimorphism , maxillary central incisor , dentistry , orthodontics , crown (dentistry) , calipers , population , molar , mandibular canine , incisor , medicine , biology , mathematics , geometry , zoology , environmental health
Sexual dimorphism has been of great interest to anthropologists and odontologists. Dental measurements are important in anthropology for the study of sexual dimorphism with most common being the traditional linear odontometric measurements. Apart from these, alternative dental measurements have been developed such as the crown and cervical diagonal diameters and mesiodistal and buccolingual cervical diameters of teeth.