Background:

Sex identification of skeletal remains is one of the prime factors employed in the identification of an individual. Very little data has been extracted in Pakistan which supports forensic dentistry in the identification of sex. Therefore, to determine gender dimorphism we use dental casts, as teeth are the most reliable, hard and stable human tissue which serves as a valuable material for forensic anthropology.

Objectives: To determine mesio-distal and Labio-lingual diameters of anterior teeth and evaluate the potential of gender dimorphism among measured parameters in the population of Karachi, Pakistan.

 Materials and methods:

Dental measurements were taken from the dental cast of maxillary and mandibular anterior teeth by using a digital vernier-calliper.

Results: The result shows that there is no significant difference between labio-lingual and mesio-distal surfaces of anterior teeth among gender except mesio-distal measurement of mandibular canine.

Index-terms:

sex estimation, sex characteristic, dimorphism, gender, Dichromatism, Sexual, Age determination, Anthropometry, Dentition