The effect of tooth loss on sexual dimorphism of South African mandible using geometric morphometrics

The human mandible is one of several sexually dimorphic bones and provides moderate to high accuracy in the estimation of sex during forensic application. Mandibular morphology changes in response to aging and tooth loss and few studies have considered the effect of these factors on sex estimation....

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Published in:	Forensic Science International: Reports
Main Authors:	Tshegofatso Ramphaleng, Brendon Billings, Jason Hemingway
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2025-07-01
Subjects:	Sex estimation Sexing accuracies Mandibular morphology Dentate mandibles Edentate mandibles
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665910725000179