Computed tomography based forensic gender determination by measuring the size and volume of the maxillary sinuses

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Volume 8, Issue 1, January-April 2016

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Mukul Prabhat
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Dental Studies and Technologies, Kadrabad, Modinagar, Uttar Pradesh
Shalu Rai
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Dental Studies and Technologies, Kadrabad, Modinagar, Uttar Pradesh
Mandeep Kaur
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Jamia Milia Islamia University, New Delhi
Kanika Prabhat
Department of Oral Pathology, Santosh Dental College, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Puneet Bhatnagar
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Dental Studies and Technologies, Kadrabad, Modinagar, Uttar Pradesh
Sapna Panjwani
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Dental Studies and Technologies, Kadrabad, Modinagar, Uttar Pradesh

Abstract

Purpose: Identification of human body or remains after death is a forensic procedure, which is difficult to perform and is mandatory by law and in compliance with social norms. Sexing the recovered human remains is an integral part of the identification process. Maxillary sinus can be used for gender determination as it remains intact even when the skull and other bones may be badly damaged in casualties where the body is incinerated. Computed tomography (CT) provides an excellent method for examining maxillary sinuses. Materials and Methods: CT images were used to measure the mediolateral, superoinferior, and anteroposterior dimensions and the volume of the maxillary sinuses in 30 patients (15 males and 15 females) to investigate whether these parameters could be used to determine the gender of an individual for forensic identification. The t-test for independent samples was used to compare these values in males and females and the data were subjected to discriminative analysis using SPSS software. Results: Our method was able to predict the gender with an accuracy of 80.0% in males and 86.7% in females, with an overall accuracy rate of 83.3%. Conclusion: The accuracy rate in this study was comparable, if not higher than many other methods that have been used to predict the gender of an individual from skeletal remains. The length, width, height, and volume of the maxillary sinuses together with other bones could be used for gender determination with a fair degree of accuracy when the whole skeleton is not available.

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Mukul Prabhat, Shalu Rai, Mandeep Kaur, Kanika Prabhat, Puneet Bhatnagar, & Sapna Panjwani. (2016). Computed tomography based forensic gender determination by measuring the size and volume of the maxillary sinuses. Journal of Forensic Dental Sciences, 8(1), 40–46. https://doi.org/10.4103/0975-1475.176950
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