Gender Determination from Maxillary Sinus using Computed Tomography Scans - A Radiographic Study

Jaideepa; Ashutosh Jha; Dhaval N Mehta; Vasundhara Singh; Kanchan Malawat; Shalini Sinha

doi:10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_250_23

Gender Determination from Maxillary Sinus using Computed Tomography Scans - A Radiographic Study

J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2023 Jul;15(Suppl 2):S1010-S1012. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_250_23. Epub 2023 Jul 11.

Authors

Jaideepa¹, Ashutosh Jha², Dhaval N Mehta¹, Vasundhara Singh³, Kanchan Malawat⁴, Shalini Sinha⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Narsinhbhai Patel Dental College and Hospital, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat, India.
² Department of Radiodiagnosis, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, India.
³ Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Buddha Institute of Dental Sciences, Patna, Bihar, India.
⁴ Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Pacific Dental College, Debari, Rajasthan, India.
⁵ Department of Periodontics, Mithila Minority Dental College and Hospital, Darbhanga, Bihar, India.

Abstract

Aims and objective: Purpose of this research was to check the precision of gender identification using computed tomography (CT) head and neck scans and volumetric analysis of the maxillary sinus.

Materials and methods: For 50 patients (25 females and 25 males), left and right maxillary sinus scans were acquired, and linear measurements (width, length, height, and volume) were assessed. Both maxillary sinus measurements' means and standard deviations were computed and contrasted.

Results: Males have been found to have considerably larger maxillary sinuses than females.

Conclusion: Accurate gender determination is possible with the use of maxillary sinus.

Keywords: CT head and neck scan; forensic; gender determinations; maxillary sinus.