Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

It is obligatory in terms of the law and social reforms to establish post-mortem identity. The study of anthropometric characteristics aids in solving the problems related to identification. It has been reported that maxillary sinuses remain intact and well protected. That is the reason that maxillary sinuses can be used for identification. Best part of investigating maxillary sinuses is that the width, length, and height of maxillary sinus together can be used for sex determination when the whole skeleton is not available. The data used in this study was obtained from patients who underwent CT scan examination of PNS in the radiology department of EKO Imaging Institute. The data consists of 50 individuals from 17 years age to 73 years age. The sample consisted of 35 males and 15 females. Discriminant function analysis was used. Df=0.199 right antero posterior-0.044 left antero posterior-0.291 right transverse +0.105 left transverse +0.406 right cephalocaudal-0.125 left cephalocaudal +0.295 right sag-0.277left sag-13.264 (Constant). The classification characteristics show that 82% of original cases were correctly classified; It is possible to predict sex with 80% accuracy cases in contemporary Bengali adult population from the measurements of maxillary sinus. Accuracy rate in prediction was more in females. Age however could not be estimated from this preliminary study. This database built on radiological data can be used by extrapolation for use in fragmentary remains in mutilated or decomposed bodies.