Forensic odontology is the application of dental principles to legal issues. It is an investigative aspect of dentistry that analyzes dental evidence for human identification. Sex determination is a subdivision of forensic odontology, and it is important especially when information relating to the deceased is unavailable. Sex determination becomes the first priority in the process of identification of a person by a forensic investigator in the case of mishaps, chemical and nuclear bomb explosions, natural disasters, crime investigations, and ethnic studies. Determination of sex/gender using skeletal remains presents a great problem to forensic experts, especially when only fragments of body are recovered. Forensic odontologist can assist other experts to determine the sex of the remains using teeth and skull traits. Various features of teeth such as morphology, crown size, and root length are characteristics for male and female sexes. There are also differences in the skull pattern and skull traits of two sexes. These will help forensic odontologists to identify the sex of the remains. The library dissertation contents and several articles and books were electronically searched in Google using the keywords “sex determination,” “forensic dentistry,” “sex determination in forensic dentistry.” The contents were screened between 1950 and 2015 by going through the title and abstracts and full-text reading. The purpose of this article is to familiarize the different methods of sex determination.

Oncocytoma is a rare benign tumor of salivary gland origin, most often seen in the parotid gland. Oncocytoma is characterized by presence of large epithelial cell (oncocytes) with eosinophilic, finely granular cytoplasm and a rounded, centrally placed nucleus. They are most often encountered after the 6th decade of life. The clinical presentation of oncocytomas is essentially identical to other benign salivary gland tumors-a slow growing, nontender mass. They are firm, may be multilobulated and mobile on examination. Oncocytic neoplasms should be considered as a possible diagnosis in patients with parotid enlargement. This article describes a case of oncocytoma of parotid gland which was present in the 4th decade of life, with a brief review of the relevant literature. Due to the lack of large series, assiduous study of the cases reported in the literature may lead to better understanding of this rare disease.