Am J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg | Volume 2, Issue 3 | Research Article | Open Access
Amala Manivanan1*, Saraswathi Gopal K1 and Sai Archana2
1Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College and Hospital, India
2Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Chettinad Dental College and Research Institute, India
*Correspondance to: Amala Manivanan
Fulltext PDFAim: The aim of the study is to characterize the mastoid process in terms of its size and to assess the reliability of the mastoid’s, morphometric parameters in determining the gender of the subject.
Materials and Methods: This retrospective study consists of 100 Adult CBCT (Cone Beam Computed Tomography) images of 25 males and 25 females, who were listed for Implant retained Prosthesis. Radiographic measurements of the length, width and height of left and right mastoids were accurately characterized using customized software. Age group of 15 years to 60 years were included and Images with gross artifacts; Images that did not show anatomic details of the base or the lateral sides of the mastoid were excluded.
Result: This study showed significant difference between mastoid process of males and females. Statistics revealed highly significant value for mastoid length, width and height (p<0.01). This study revealed that the mastoid process could be used a reliable indicator for gender determination.
Mastoid process; Mastoid length; Mastoid width; Mastoid height; Sexual dimorphism; Gender identification
Manivanan A, Saraswathi Gopal K, Sai Archana. Osteometric Assessment of the Mastoids for Gender Determination: A Retrospective CBCT Study. Am J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019;2(3):1044.