Odontometric study analysis of mandibular canine teeth to establish sexual dimorphism in North Indian population

Abstract

Knowledge of sex of a person becomes the first priority
of a forensic investigator in the process of
identification. Dental evidence pours in an invaluable
informative data towards achieving the final positive
results in establishing the unknown’s identity. Studies
have shown that the mandibular canine resist disease,
survive extreme post‐mortem environmental conditions
and presents the highest sexual dimorphism amongst
all teeth, making them an ideal teeth in forensic
identification procedures. The aim of present study was
to know the use of the Mandibular Canine Index (MCI)
in assessing sex in North Indian population. In a sample
size of 80 males and females (40 male and 40 female) in
the age group 21‐24years, mandibular canine width and
Inter canine distance measurements were noted intraorally
and the MCI was calculated and compared with
stranded MCI values.