Digital Morphometric Assessment of the Mandible and Maxillary Sinus for Sex Estimation: Integrating Anatomical Landmarks with Forensic Identification

Authors

  • Marvi Zaur, Maria Imtiaz, Khadija Irfan, Kaneez Fatima, Rabia Latif, Amana Idnan

Keywords:

Forensic anthropology; Sex estimation; Digital morphometry; Mandible; Maxillary sinus; Computed tomography; Discriminant function analysis; Forensic identification.

Abstract

Background: Accurate sex estimation is afundamental primary step in forensicanthropology and medicolegal identification.
While the pelvis remains the most sexuallydimorphic osseous structure, skull and facial bones, particularly the mandible

References

1. Utilize combined mandibular and maxillary sinus metrics rather than single isolated parameters when performing forensic sex estimation on craniomaxillofacial remains.

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Published

2026-11-04

How to Cite

Marvi Zaur, Maria Imtiaz, Khadija Irfan, Kaneez Fatima, Rabia Latif, Amana Idnan. (2026). Digital Morphometric Assessment of the Mandible and Maxillary Sinus for Sex Estimation: Integrating Anatomical Landmarks with Forensic Identification. International Journal of Pharmacy Research & Technology (IJPRT), 16(2), 7659–7676. Retrieved from https://ijprt.org/index.php/pub/article/view/3522

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 2 (2026)

Section

Research Article

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