Mandibular morphometric analysis on orthopantomographs : An aid for age and gender determination – A Forensic Study
Background: During the process of unknown person’s identification from mutilated remains, gender determination is one of the prefatory procedures. After gender determination, age estimation helps to reduce the range of potential matches for unknown person’s identification. Skeletal and dental components are chiefly used in such cases as these two structures survive longest after death of individual. Mandibular bone being more resistant to degradation & destruction, also being durable and retain shape better than other facial bones can be useful in identification.