Determination of Physical Height Using Clinical Crown Height of Deciduous Teeth Harrita S.1, Santhanam Archana2,* 1Student IV BDS, Department of Oral Pathology, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute Of Medical And Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India 2Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Pathology, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute Of Medical And Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India *Corresponding author: Archana Santhanam, Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Pathology, Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Email: drarch.s@gmail.com, Contact Number: 9962149330
Online published on 27 November, 2019. Abstract Background Dental morphology plays an important role in forensic odontology in identification of deceased individuals. Human teeth can serve as important evidence in identification. Dental morphometrics is a quantitative analysis of form a concept that encompasses size and shape of teeth. Estimation of physical profile from dental morphometrics has been a subject of great interest in forensic odontology. Aim To assess the correlation between height and the clinical crown length of deciduous maxillary lateral incisor and second molar for female and males. Materials and Method A pilot study consisting of 21 male and 24 female children between the age group of 3 to 6 years. Informed consent was received from the parent before the measurements were taken. A digital vernier caliper was used to measure the clinical height of the crown and the values were recorded. A tape was used to measure the physical height of the children. Result The mathematical formula used to compare the physical height is taken from a study conducted by ramanan et al, For male: physical height = 660.290 + 72.970 (55 CL) For female: Physical height =-187.942 + 194.818 (52 CL) And the results were tabulated and the value obtained through formula and the value obtained using the physical heights were found to be approximately equal. Conclusion Clinical height of the crown is seen to have a relationship with the physical height of the children thus it can play an important role in forensic odontology in identification of deceased individuals. Top Keywords Forensic sciences, Morphometrics, Stature, crown length. Top |