FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY - NEW ANTHROPOLOGICAL EVIDENCE TO DIFFERENTIATE SEX IN THE HUMAN BEING

• NCJ Number: 13340
• Journal: Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal Volume: 7 Issue: 1 Dated: (MARCH 1974) Pages: 18-20
• Author(s): R B J DORION
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 3 pages
• Corporate Author: Canadian Soc of Forensic Science
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: Canada

Annotation

METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING THE SEX OF A 20TH CENTURY CAUCASIAN ADULT CANADIAN IS DISCUSSED FOR CASES WHERE THE ENTIRE SKELTON WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Abstract

OF THE CASES STUDIED, THE LARGEST INTERCORONOID DISTANCE AT THE APEX OF THE INTERCORONOID PROCESS IN MM MULTIPLIED BY THE GREATEST OUTSIDE DISTANCE AT THE ANGLE OF THE MANDIBLE IN MM INVARIABLY GAVE A NUMERICAL INDEX SUPERIOR TO 95 IN THE CASE OF MALES AND A NUMERICAL INDEX INFERIOR TO 90 FOR FEMALES. THIS REMAINED TRUE WHETHER THE SPECIMENS WERE EDENTULOUS OR NOT. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT) --SUMMARY IN FRENCH (ONE SENTENCE)