Original Article

Year : 2017 | Volume : 2 | Issue : 1 | Page : 18 - 21

Experience of Dental Professionals in Determination of Gender by Observing Smile

Sourav Sen, Javeria Khan, Wajeeh Khan, Shravani Deolia, Rakashree Chakraborty Sen1

From the Departments of Public Health Dentistry and 1 Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sharad Pawar Dental College,

Wardha, Maharashtra, India

Address for correspondence:

Dr. Sourav Sen, E‐mail: drsouravsen@gmail.com

Abstract:

Introduction:

Every individual in his or her entire life has a photograph of smile. This makes identification as well as dead bodies and remains possible with the help of forensic odontology and medicine.

Aims and Objective:

The aim of this study was to use only smile from photograph for gender identification by various experienced dental specialist.

Materials and Methods:

In this cross-sectional study, a digital camera (Sony Cyber-shot DSC W800) was used to capture smile photographs, where participants were at a distance of 0.5 m from the lens and they were made to sit in a relax position with the Frankfort plane parallel to the floor. Among 50 captured photographs, 10 photographs were randomly selected, among which 5 males and 5 females, for pictorial questionnaire. Using Adobe Photoshop version 7.0, only teeth were made visible and other soft tissues were cropped so as not to make it a bias study.

Results:

All 5 dental colleges of Vidarbha region were included, in which 213 staff members participated in the study. Gender-wise distribution depicted 39.9% male and 60.10% female participants with no significance (P = 0.223). According to department-wise also was without any significance (P = 0.823). Now, according to designation wise, it was found that experience plays a vital role. Professor being the most experienced staff when compared with tutors (P = 0.03) and postgraduates (P = 0.015). Professors were most accurate in their opinions comparatively.

Conclusion:

This study concluded that identification of gender through only smile from photographs can be done with ease by professors due to their years of experience.

Key Words: Forensic odontology, gender determination, professional experience, smile

Financial support and sponsorship

Nil.

Conflicts of interest

There are no conflicts of interest.

How to cite this article:

Sen S, Khan J, Khan W, Deolia S, Sen RC. Experience of dental professionals in determination of gender by observing smile. Int J Forensic Odontol 2017;2:18-21.