Buccolingual and Mesiodistal Dimensions of the Permanent Teeth, Their Diagnostic Value for Sex Identification, and Bolton Indices

Table 2

Descriptive statistics and 95% CIs for crown measurements (mm) in the mandible, compared between the sexes (using the -test).

Side	Dimension	Tooth	Sex		Mean	SD	95% CI		Min	Max
Right	Buccolingual	1	Female	255	6.243	0.489	6.18	6.30	4.50	8.02	0.104
			Male	73	6.352	0.546	6.22	6.48	4.95	7.63
			Total	328	6.267	0.503	6.21	6.32	4.50	8.02
		2	Female	255	6.511	0.487	6.45	6.57	5.26	8.33	0.078
			Male	74	6.634	0.651	6.48	6.78	4.79	7.89
			Total	329	6.539	0.530	6.48	6.60	4.79	8.33
		3	Female	256	7.398	0.589	7.33	7.47	5.63	8.75	<0.0005
			Male	73	7.783	0.799	7.60	7.97	5.80	9.65
			Total	329	7.483	0.660	7.41	7.55	5.63	9.65
		4	Female	253	7.956	0.587	7.88	8.03	6.00	9.50	<0.0005
			Male	73	8.258	0.660	8.10	8.41	7.05	9.97
			Total	326	8.024	0.616	7.96	8.09	6.00	9.97
		5	Female	250	8.700	0.585	8.63	8.77	6.44	11.18	0.085
			Male	69	8.841	0.651	8.68	9.00	7.60	9.96
			Total	319	8.731	0.601	8.66	8.80	6.44	11.18
		6	Female	254	10.704	0.530	10.64	10.77	8.80	12.22	0.002
			Male	72	10.928	0.610	10.78	11.07	9.74	12.56
			Total	326	10.753	0.556	10.69	10.81	8.80	12.56
		7	Female	255	10.509	0.635	10.43	10.59	8.56	12.29	<0.0005
			Male	71	10.822	0.608	10.68	10.97	9.36	12.19
			Total	326	10.577	0.641	10.51	10.65	8.56	12.29
	Mesiodistal	1	Female	257	5.380	0.445	5.33	5.43	4.08	6.80	0.377
			Male	73	5.431	0.391	5.34	5.52	4.51	6.32
			Total	330	5.391	0.433	5.34	5.44	4.08	6.80
		2	Female	255	5.913	0.424	5.86	5.96	4.62	7.22	0.023
			Male	74	6.041	0.430	5.94	6.14	5.33	7.18
			Total	329	5.941	0.428	5.90	5.99	4.62	7.22
		3	Female	257	6.599	0.476	6.54	6.66	5.17	8.78	<0.0005
			Male	73	6.941	0.458	6.83	7.05	5.74	8.02
			Total	330	6.674	0.493	6.62	6.73	5.17	8.78
		4	Female	253	7.038	0.497	6.98	7.10	5.32	8.87	0.106
			Male	73	7.144	0.482	7.03	7.26	5.73	8.26
			Total	326	7.061	0.495	7.01	7.12	5.32	8.87
		5	Female	250	7.051	0.550	6.98	7.12	5.86	9.40	0.078
			Male	69	7.184	0.557	7.05	7.32	5.86	8.38
			Total	319	7.080	0.553	7.02	7.14	5.86	9.40
		6	Female	254	10.782	0.699	10.70	10.87	8.60	12.82	0.017
			Male	72	11.009	0.747	10.83	11.18	9.13	13.05
			Total	326	10.832	0.715	10.75	10.91	8.60	13.05
		7	Female	255	10.226	0.676	10.14	10.31	8.20	12.42	<0.0005
			Male	71	10.554	0.697	10.39	10.72	8.94	12.45
			Total	326	10.297	0.693	10.22	10.37	8.20	12.45
Left	Buccolingual	1	Female	255	6.224	0.491	6.16	6.28	4.83	7.77	0.036
			Male	74	6.364	0.548	6.24	6.49	4.57	7.70
			Total	329	6.256	0.507	6.20	6.31	4.57	7.77
		2	Female	256	6.487	0.544	6.42	6.55	4.88	8.20	0.081
			Male	74	6.611	0.501	6.49	6.73	5.29	8.04
			Total	330	6.515	0.536	6.46	6.57	4.88	8.20
		3	Female	257	7.424	0.604	7.35	7.50	5.53	9.10	<0.0005
			Male	74	7.795	0.760	7.62	7.97	6.15	9.20
			Total	331	7.507	0.659	7.44	7.58	5.53	9.20
		4	Female	254	7.972	0.573	7.90	8.04	6.16	9.48	<0.0005
			Male	73	8.274	0.652	8.12	8.43	6.56	9.62
			Total	327	8.040	0.604	7.97	8.11	6.16	9.62
		5	Female	250	8.699	0.575	8.63	8.77	6.56	10.78	0.048
			Male	71	8.860	0.682	8.70	9.02	6.73	9.96
			Total	321	8.735	0.603	8.67	8.80	6.56	10.78
		6	Female	250	10.707	0.558	10.64	10.78	8.83	12.23	0.020
			Male	73	10.887	0.643	10.74	11.04	9.74	12.67
			Total	323	10.748	0.582	10.68	10.81	8.83	12.67
		7	Female	255	10.492	0.625	10.41	10.57	8.56	12.05	0.004
			Male	70	10.735	0.627	10.59	10.88	9.31	12.17
			Total	325	10.544	0.632	10.48	10.61	8.56	12.17
	Mesiodistal	1	Female	257	5.397	0.425	5.35	5.45	4.09	6.59	0.202
			Male	74	5.468	0.388	5.38	5.56	4.20	6.39
			Total	331	5.413	0.417	5.37	5.46	4.09	6.59
		2	Female	256	5.954	0.449	5.90	6.01	4.38	7.21	0.149
			Male	74	6.040	0.465	5.93	6.15	4.87	6.98
			Total	330	5.973	0.454	5.92	6.02	4.38	7.21
		3	Female	257	6.651	0.457	6.59	6.71	5.44	9.66	<0.0005
			Male	74	6.901	0.488	6.79	7.01	5.70	7.85
			Total	331	6.707	0.475	6.66	6.76	5.44	9.66
		4	Female	254	7.031	0.532	6.96	7.10	5.17	8.88	0.048
			Male	73	7.166	0.443	7.06	7.27	6.15	8.26
			Total	327	7.061	0.516	7.00	7.12	5.17	8.88
		5	Female	251	7.130	0.595	7.06	7.20	5.82	10.75	0.185
			Male	72	7.234	0.559	7.10	7.37	6.22	8.96
			Total	323	7.153	0.588	7.09	7.22	5.82	10.75
		6	Female	250	10.795	0.704	10.71	10.88	6.84	12.65	0.009
			Male	73	11.040	0.685	10.88	11.20	9.35	12.92
			Total	323	10.851	0.706	10.77	10.93	6.84	12.92
		7	Female	255	10.239	0.703	10.15	10.33	8.44	12.28	0.003
			Male	70	10.514	0.608	10.37	10.66	9.02	11.78
			Total	325	10.298	0.692	10.22	10.37	8.44	12.28

Tooth numbers 1 to 7 indicate the most anterior to the most posterior teeth. SD: standard deviation; CI: confidence interval; Min: minimum; Max: maximum.