Gender determination from the mesiodistal dimension of permanent maxillary incisors and canines: An odontometric study

• Main Authors: Rahul Srivastava (Author), Bhuvan Jyoti (Author), Prakash Jha (Author), Manas Gupta (Author), Parvathi Devi (Author), Raviraj Jayaram (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Gender determination is crucial for identification, as the number of possible matches is reduced by 50%. The inert, mineralized structures of teeth resist post-mortem degradation and survive deliberate, accidental or natural change, better than any other skeletal structure. Tooth size...