Background: The gender testimony is of vital importance in forensic science when only craniofacial fragments are only the remains. Mandible exhibits a high level of distinct position among the genders. Different studies have well proved that mandible shows the gender dimorphism in many morphological features such as mandible height, gonial angle, bigonial width, and bicondylar width. The anatomical position of mental foramen can also be used to differentiate between gender and such skeleton metric analysis done on radiographs is found to be of more accuracy. Aim: This study was conducted to assess the precision of mental foramen as a landmark for gender differentiation. Materials and Methods: Three hundred panoramic radiographs were selected for mental foramen analysis. Distance from the tangential line drawn to basal bone mandible to tangential line drawn to upper and lower borders of mental foramen on bilateral sides was measured and recorded. The data cataloged were subjected to statistical analysis. Results: The distance between mental foramen to basal bone of mandible was more in male than that to females on the bilateral aspect, which was statistically significant. Conclusion: Mental foramen can be considered as a radiographic landmark to determine gender in the West Bengal population of India.

Introduction: The morphometric variations seen in the orbital aperture play a significant role in forensic anthropology, for determining the personal and gender identification, especially in case of mass disasters. Aim: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the orbital aperture dimensions along with interorbital distance as observed on posteroanterior (PA) cephalograms for personal and gender identification. Materials and Methods: The present retrospective study was conducted to evaluate the morphometric dimensions of orbital aperture seen on PA cephalogram taken using PLANMECA digital machine and ROMEXIS software. The height and width of the orbits along with the interorbital distance were measured using measuring tools in the accompanying software. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 21.0. Results: All the linear measurements such as orbital height, orbital width, and interorbital distance were significantly greater in males than females in the North Indian population with P = 0.001. The present study found 84.8% accuracy after subjecting the obtained value to discriminant function analysis. Conclusion: The morphometric analysis of the orbital aperture using postero-anterior cephalogram can be used as an adjuvant for personal and gender identification in forensic anthropology.

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Introduction: Maxillofacial radiology plays a significant role in forensic anthropology for age and sex discrimination in case of mass disasters. Anatomically, Styloid process is bony structure; cylindrical in shape arises from the temporal bone which tapers gradually towards apex. A careful clinical and radiological examination can lead to early detection of its length, anatomic variations and elongation. Therefore, morphometric analysis of length of the styloid process can be one of the adjuvant tools for age and sex discrimination in forensic anthropology. Aim: To evaluate the length and anatomic variations of the styloid process as an aid in age and sex discrimination using digital panaromic radiographs. Materials and Methods: Digital panaromic radiographs of 3800 individuals were randomly taken from private diagnostic clinic's database. All the panaromic radiographs were evaluated for the radiographic length and anatomic variations of the styloid process bilaterally using measuring tool inbuild in the software. The obtained data was analyzed using SPSS software version 21.0. Results: The mean lengths of the styloid processes were statistically significant as the age advances and also in males and females bilaterally (p value < 0.05) with the prevalence rate of elongated process reported as 22.47%. Conclusion:The morphometric evaluation of the styloid process of the temporal bone can be used as an adjuvant in age and sex discrimination using digital panaromic radiograph.