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Narendra P Rai1, Prafful Kumar2, Noor A A Arsheed3
1Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Dentistry, MAHSA University, Selangor, Malaysia.
Aim:
In our study, we evaluated the gender dimorphism among dental measurements of selected people in a South Indian district.
Methodology:
In our research, 500 participants between 17 and 25 years of age were included after taking their maxillary arch impressions. Utilizing Korkhaus compass and digital caliper, depth of palatal area as well as maxillary arch as a whole was done. T-test was done to initiate the comparative analysis between the palatal arch and complete maxillary arch depths where P < 0.05 was denoted significant statistically.
Results:
It was recorded that complete maxillary arch depth measurements were increased in case of men as compared to women, whereas the measurements related to depth of the palatal arch were not statistically significant.
Conclusion:
In our research, we found that complete maxillary arch depth can be utilized for gender segregation accompanied with other auxiliary methods. The mean value for both these measurements can be utilized as a standard measurement for advance research.
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