Age and Gender Determination using Maxillary Sinus and Sella Turcica on Lateral Cephalogram: A Retrospective Digital Radiographic Study
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https://doi.org/10.37506/b7pewx63Keywords:
Maxillary sinus; height; width; index, Sella turcica; depth; diameter; length.Abstract
Background: Anthropometry is of immense importance in human identification and plays a major role
in medico legal investigation of demise. Lateral cephalogram provides architectural, morphological
details of skull and multiple points for comparison also presents various anatomical landmarks. The
study aimed to evaluate morphometric analysis of Maxillary sinus& Sella turcica parameters in gender
determination& age estimation.
Methodology: The study included 300 digital Lateral cephalograms of age range 10-40 years divided
in to 3 groups &50 males and 50 females in each age group. Linear measurement was performed for
Maxillary Sinus Height, Width and Index & Sella turcica (ST) Length, Depth and Diameter. Results
indicated that all the study parameters were found to be statistically significant in determination
of age except Sella turcica depth. Maxillary sinus parameters & Sella turcica diameter, length
showed significant corelation between age group Group-1 and Group-
II. Maxillary sinus width, height& Sella turcica length was found to be statistically significant
in determination of gender. Discriminant equation of MS width had highest accuracy of 63.7% in
determination of gender.
Conclusion: Lateral Cephalogram can be used to determine age and gender using linear measurements
of maxillary sinus and Sella turcica.
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