Abstract
In forensic medicine, Identification of living persons and the dead bodies is of high importance. One of the main factors employed is the establishment of sexual dimorphism. The purpose of this study was to find out whether dimorphism of permanent maxillary teeth as well as intercanine distance plays a key role in establishing sex identity. This study was carried out on 231 healthy subjects comprising of (127 male and 104 female) students from Kogi state polytechnic students Lokoja, Nigeria. Both sexes belong to age group between 18 to 24 years. The greatest mesiodistal width of the canine teeth and the distance between the tips of canines of both arches (intercanine distance) were measured using vernier caliper with 0.02mm resolution. The study conclusively establishes the existence of a sexual dimorphism in maxillary canines.
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