Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

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Determination of Stature from Mandible among Bagalkot Population


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1 Department of Forensic Medicine, S.Nijalingappa Medical College, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India
2 Department of Forensic Medicine, S S Institute of Medical Sciences, Davangere, Karnatka, India
     

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Establishing the individuality of an unidentified or mutilated body is a challenging task in the forensic practice. In the current study an effort was made to find out the feasibility estimation of stature from mandibluar arch length (MAL) as measured at autopsy between prominent landmarks. Statistical analysis of the data collected from 65 individuals was done to find out the relationship between of MAL with that of stature and to derive a regression equation formula. By using this formula we can calculate the stature of an individual using mandible with small error.

Keywords

Identification, Mandibular Arch Length (MAL), Stature
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S. N. Vijayamahantesh
Department of Forensic Medicine, S.Nijalingappa Medical College, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India
V. Vijayanath
Department of Forensic Medicine, S S Institute of Medical Sciences, Davangere, Karnatka, India

Abstract


Establishing the individuality of an unidentified or mutilated body is a challenging task in the forensic practice. In the current study an effort was made to find out the feasibility estimation of stature from mandibluar arch length (MAL) as measured at autopsy between prominent landmarks. Statistical analysis of the data collected from 65 individuals was done to find out the relationship between of MAL with that of stature and to derive a regression equation formula. By using this formula we can calculate the stature of an individual using mandible with small error.

Keywords


Identification, Mandibular Arch Length (MAL), Stature