Comparative study of four methods of sex estimation using the frontal bone angle: skull study in a forensic medicine service

• Grant number: 11/18577-7
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: March 01, 2012
• End date: February 28, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Dentistry - Social and Preventive Dentistry
• Principal Investigator: Maria Gabriela Haye Biazevic
• Grantee: Maria Gabriela Haye Biazevic
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Odontologia (FO). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Crhistian Raffaelo Baldo ; Douglas Mamoru Yamanaka ; Edgard Michel Crosato ; Luiz Airton Saavedra de Paiva

Abstract

Skull anthropologic study with the aim of sex estimation among human beings is very important to Forensic Medicine and Forensic Odontology areas. Sexual dimorphism can be established using two methods: morphologic and metric. Nowadys, the morphologic or qualitative method had been used in many investigations, but it has disadvantages because of its subjectivity. On the other hand, there´s a lack of scientific papers that include quantifying these measures. One of the qualitative usual methods in the frontal bone inclination, being a very important measure to estimate sex. This investigation has as objective to compare four quantitative methods (skull stabilizer, radiographic, profile measure and 3D computerized tomography) that will allow to obtain the angular inclination of the frontal bone, improving the precision of the sexual dimorfism measures. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

KRAMER, NITIELY ARRAIS; LOPEZ-CAPP, THAIS TORRALBO; MICHEL-CROSATO, EDGARD; HAYE BIAZEVIC, MARIA GABRIELA. Sex estimation from the mastoid process using Micro-CT among Brazilians: Discriminant analysis and ROC curve analysis. JOURNAL OF FORENSIC RADIOLOGY AND IMAGING, v. 14, p. 1-7, SEP 2018. (14/23727-6, 14/13340-7, 11/18577-7)

THAIS TORRALBO LOPEZ-CAPP; CHRISTOPHER RYNN; CAROLINE WILKINSON; LUIZ AIRTON SAAVEDRA DE PAIVA; EDGARD MICHEL-CROSATO; MARIA GABRIELA HAYE BIAZEVIC. Sexing the Cranium from the Foramen Magnum Using Discriminant Analysis in a Brazilian Sample. Brazilian Dental Journal, v. 29, n. 6, p. 592-598, 2018-12-00. (11/18577-7, 14/23727-6, 14/13340-7)

LOPEZ-CAPP, THAIS TORRALBO; RYNN, CHRISTOPHER; WILKINSON, CAROLINE; SAAVEDRA DE PAIVA, LUIZ AIRTON; MICHEL-CROSATO, EDGARD; HAYE BIAZEVIC, MARIA GABRIELA. Discriminant analysis of mandibular measurements for the estimation of sex in a modern Brazilian sample. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEGAL MEDICINE, v. 132, n. 3, p. 843-851, MAY 2018. (11/18577-7, 14/23727-6, 14/13340-7)