Sex estimation using maxillary sinus volume for Chinese subjects based on cone-beam computed tomography
Abstract Background Sex estimate is a key stage in forensic science for identifying individuals. Some anatomical structures may be useful for sex estimation since they retain their integrity even after highly severe events. However, few studies are focusing on the Chinese population. Some researcher...
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| description | Abstract Background Sex estimate is a key stage in forensic science for identifying individuals. Some anatomical structures may be useful for sex estimation since they retain their integrity even after highly severe events. However, few studies are focusing on the Chinese population. Some researchers used teeth for sex estimation, but comparison with maxillary sinus were lack. As a result, the objective of this research is to develop a sex estimation formula for the northwestern Chinese population by the volume of the maxillary sinus and compare with the accuracy of sex estimation based on teeth through cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). Methods CBCT images from 349 samples were used to establish and verify the formula. The volume of both the left and right maxillary sinuses was measured and examined for appropriate formula coefficients. To create the formula, we randomly picked 80% of the data as the training set and 20% of the samples as the testing set. Another set of samples, including 20 males and 20 females, were used to compare the accuracy of maxillary sinuses and teeth. Results Overall, sex estimation accuracy by volume of the left maxillary sinus can reach 78.57%, while by the volume of the right maxillary sinus can reach 74.29%. The accuracy for females, which can reach 91.43% using the left maxillary sinus, was significantly higher than that for males, which was 65.71%. The result also shows that maxillary sinus volume was higher in males. The comparison with the available results using measurements of teeth for sex estimation performed by our group showed that the accuracy of sex estimation using canines volume was higher than the one using maxillary sinus volume, the accuracies based on mesiodistal diameter of canine and first molar were the same or lower than the volume of maxillary sinus. Conclusions The study demonstrates that measurement of maxillary sinus volume based on CBCT scans was an available and alternative method for sex estimation. And we established a method to accurately assess the sex of the northwest Chinese population. The comparison with the results of teeth measurements made the conclusion more reliable. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-54af0c7e09764b2aa4241f54fba6eeb52024-03-05T20:33:00ZengBMCBMC Oral Health1472-68312024-02-012411910.1186/s12903-024-04010-5Sex estimation using maxillary sinus volume for Chinese subjects based on cone-beam computed tomographyZi-Xuan Wu0Wen-Qing Bu1Yu Tang2Yu-Xin Guo3Yu-Cheng Guo4Fei Wang5Hao-Tian Meng6Key Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, College of Stomatology, Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityKey Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, College of Stomatology, Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityKey Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, College of Stomatology, Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityKey Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, College of Stomatology, Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityKey Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, College of Stomatology, Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityKey Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, College of Stomatology, Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityKey Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, College of Stomatology, Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityAbstract Background Sex estimate is a key stage in forensic science for identifying individuals. Some anatomical structures may be useful for sex estimation since they retain their integrity even after highly severe events. However, few studies are focusing on the Chinese population. Some researchers used teeth for sex estimation, but comparison with maxillary sinus were lack. As a result, the objective of this research is to develop a sex estimation formula for the northwestern Chinese population by the volume of the maxillary sinus and compare with the accuracy of sex estimation based on teeth through cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). Methods CBCT images from 349 samples were used to establish and verify the formula. The volume of both the left and right maxillary sinuses was measured and examined for appropriate formula coefficients. To create the formula, we randomly picked 80% of the data as the training set and 20% of the samples as the testing set. Another set of samples, including 20 males and 20 females, were used to compare the accuracy of maxillary sinuses and teeth. Results Overall, sex estimation accuracy by volume of the left maxillary sinus can reach 78.57%, while by the volume of the right maxillary sinus can reach 74.29%. The accuracy for females, which can reach 91.43% using the left maxillary sinus, was significantly higher than that for males, which was 65.71%. The result also shows that maxillary sinus volume was higher in males. The comparison with the available results using measurements of teeth for sex estimation performed by our group showed that the accuracy of sex estimation using canines volume was higher than the one using maxillary sinus volume, the accuracies based on mesiodistal diameter of canine and first molar were the same or lower than the volume of maxillary sinus. Conclusions The study demonstrates that measurement of maxillary sinus volume based on CBCT scans was an available and alternative method for sex estimation. And we established a method to accurately assess the sex of the northwest Chinese population. The comparison with the results of teeth measurements made the conclusion more reliable.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-024-04010-5Sex estimationForensic scienceMaxillary sinusVolumeCone-beam computed tomography |
| spellingShingle | Zi-Xuan Wu Wen-Qing Bu Yu Tang Yu-Xin Guo Yu-Cheng Guo Fei Wang Hao-Tian Meng Sex estimation using maxillary sinus volume for Chinese subjects based on cone-beam computed tomography BMC Oral Health Sex estimation Forensic science Maxillary sinus Volume Cone-beam computed tomography |
| title | Sex estimation using maxillary sinus volume for Chinese subjects based on cone-beam computed tomography |
| title_full | Sex estimation using maxillary sinus volume for Chinese subjects based on cone-beam computed tomography |
| title_fullStr | Sex estimation using maxillary sinus volume for Chinese subjects based on cone-beam computed tomography |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sex estimation using maxillary sinus volume for Chinese subjects based on cone-beam computed tomography |
| title_short | Sex estimation using maxillary sinus volume for Chinese subjects based on cone-beam computed tomography |
| title_sort | sex estimation using maxillary sinus volume for chinese subjects based on cone beam computed tomography |
| topic | Sex estimation Forensic science Maxillary sinus Volume Cone-beam computed tomography |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-024-04010-5 |
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