Examination of new parameters for sex determination of mandible using Japanese computer tomography data

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: In the field of forensic science, sex discrimination of skeletons is an important identification item for personal identification. The individual sex discrimination method using skeletons includes a determination method using measurement values and a macroscopic form observation method. Both methods have advantage and disadvantage. In this study, we used the homologous model technique and principal component (PC) analysis to determine gender difference from morphology of the mandible. METHODS AND MATERIALS: 45 patients (23 males and 22 females) of CT imaging for tooth extraction from January 2018 to March 2019 at department of oral surgery, Osaka Medical College. The mean age was 43.1 ± 14.6. Patients with less than 14 remaining teeth were excluded because the number of remaining teeth may affect the shape of the mandible. 3D images were constructed, and 20 landmarks plotting on the 3D model surfaces. We generated template models of the mandible consisting of approximately 8434 polygons. The template model automatically fitted into the individually scanned point cloud of the mandible by minimising external and internal energy functions. As described above, the mandibles were constructed for each sample by using the Homologous Body Modeling software (HBM, Digital Human Technology, Inc.) and the mHBM-Rugle (Medic Engineering Corporation). The mandibles were analysed using the PCA. RESULTS: < 0.05). Visualising the result of the first PC showed that the mandibular branch of male was larger than that of female, and the mandible angle was overhanging outside. CONCLUSION: This method is a combination of the determination method using the previous measurement values and the determination using macroscopic observation, and is considered to be innovative method.

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