Cephalometrics in Sex Determination: Basics, Concepts and Statistics

In the world, where crimes and accidents rule the roost, the investigative measures and techniques should be competent enough to bring the culprit to book. In this context, Forensic investigative methods need to be underlined in red. Forensic anthropology is the application of the science of physical anthropology to the legal process. Reconstructing the biology and behavior of past populations relies on accurate determination of sex. The existence of sexual dimorphism in human skeletons and its importance in medico legal investigations has been acknowledged since years. Skull is one of the most easily sexed portions of the Skelton. Radiographic cephalometric methods make it possible to describe 3-dimensional characteristics of skull on a roentgenogram that present 2-dimensional image as they provide architectural and morphological details of the skull, thereby revealing additional characteristics and multiple points for comparison From the results of the present work it can be concluded that the Radiographic Cephalometric technique is a useful technique to determine sex from skull and seems promising in sex identification.