Open AccessOdontometric analysis of canines to establish sexual dimorphism in an urban population
Author(s) -
Subraj Shetty,
Ishani Ratnaparkhi,
Treville Pereira,
Siddharth Acharya,
Swati Gotmare,
Pooja Kamath
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_75_18
Subject(s) - sexual dimorphism , calipers , mandibular canine , dentistry , orthodontics , population , significant difference , medicine , biology , anatomy , zoology , mathematics , geometry , environmental health
Teeth are the most durable part of the skeleton. Under most of the adverse conditions occurring in nature like putrefaction, mutilation, fire and prolonged immersion in water, teeth are the most indestructible part of the body and may survive all these challenges. Due to this, the use of dental morphology to determine sexual dimorphism is a procedure established in anthropological and biological studies. Among all teeth, canines are found to exhibit greatest sexual dimorphism.