Title
Analysis of palatal rugae pattern and maxillary sinus index for gender determination
Authors
Himalee Mehta1,*, Saurabh Goel1, Kavita Verma1, Barkha Makhijani2, Meet Mehta3, Shivani Maheshwari4 & Adarsh Dixit4
Affiliation
1Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Pacific Dental College and Research Centre, Bhilo Ka Bedla, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India; 2Department of Periodontics Pacific Dental College and Research Centre, Bhilo Ka Bedla, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India; 3Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nathalal hospital. Rajkot Gujarat, Rajkot, Gujarat, India; 4Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India; *Corresponding author
Himalee Mehta - E-mail: himalimehta6@gmail.com
Saurabh Goel - E-mail: drsaurabh_2008@gmail.com
Kavita Verma - E-mail: kavita.m.verma@gmail.com
Barkha Makhijani - E-mail: dr.barkhamakhijani@gmail.com
Meet Mehta - E-mail: drmeetmehta43@gmail.com
Shivani Maheshwari - E-mail: drshivanimaheshwariltd@gmail.com
Adarsh Dixit - E-mail: aadarsh.dixit11@gmail.com
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received July 1, 2024; Revised July 31, 2024; Accepted July 31, 2024, Published July 31, 2024
Abstract
Correlation between rugoscopy and lateral cephalometric radiographic technique for gender determination is of interest. A cross sectional study was conducted on 100 subjects within an age group of 20 to 50 years. Distribution of rugae patterns and morphometric analysis of maxillary sinus was done for gender correlation. Wavy curved and straight rugae patterns were observed to be more in female gender as compared to males. The mean MSI was higher in females (1.32) when compared with males (1.26). Both the morphometric analysis of maxillary sinus and rugoscopy has been proved to be a valuable tool in the assessment of sexual dimorphism. But, morphometric analysis of maxillary sinus is relatively a new and reliable method for gender determination using maxillary sinus index.
Keywords
Forensic dentistry, rugoscopy, lateral cephalometric radiographic technique, gender determination
Citation
Mehta et al. Bioinformation 20(7): 748-751 (2024)
Edited by
Swati Kharat
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
