Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Children Dentistry, A. B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore.
Forensic odontology is an investigative aspect of dentistry that analyzes dental evidence for human identification. Forensic odontology plays an important role in establishing the gender of victims with bodies mutilated beyond recognition due to major mass disaster. Teeth are an excellent material in living and nonliving populations for anthro-pological, genetic, odontologic, and forensic investigations. This article reviews the various morphological characteristics of teeth for the determination of gender.
Forensic odontology, sex determination, odontometrics
