Original Article
Year : 2017 | Volume : 2 | Issue : 2 | Page : 46 - 50
Sexual Dimorphism of Radiomorphological Features of Frontal Sinus
Padma Pandeshwar, Naveen N Kumar, Shilpa Padar Shastry, Akanksha Ananthaswamy1, Archana Markande1
From the Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Vydehi Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, 1
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Dr. M R Ambedkar Dental College and Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Address for correspondence:
Dr. Padma Pandeshwar, E‐mail: padmapandeshwar9@gmail.com
Abstract
Objective:
Radiographs of the frontal sinus have been used in personal identification due to its uniqueness configuration. Largely there has been little agreement regarding the reliability of frontal sinus in gender determination. This study was performed to verify the dependability of radiomorphologic features of the frontal sinus in the assessment of sexual dimorphism.
Methodology:
A total of 100 paranasal radiographs were evaluated for sexual dimorphic features including number of scallops on the sinuses' superior border, unilateral/bilateral presence or absence of partial septa, number of partial septa, and unilateral/bilateral presence or absence of supraorbital cells.
Results:
Application of discriminative analysis to the data accurately identified the gender in merely 65.7% of cases.
Conclusion:
Therefore the radiomorphologic features of frontal sinus alone have limited value
in gender determination and may be used as an auxiliary method.
Key Words: Caldwell view, frontal sinus, radiomorphological features, sexual dimorphism
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Conflicts of interest
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How to cite this article:
Pandeshwar P, Kumar NN, Shastry SP, Ananthaswamy A, Markande A. Sexual dimorphism of radiomorphological features of frontal sinus. Int J Forensic Odontol 2017;2:46-50.
