Introduction: Bones can withstand decomposition for a very long time; thus, forensic scientists may find that the bone is useful in medico-legal instances involving person identification. Since burn victims may have severely distorted skulls and other bones, it has been observed that the maxillary sinuses remain perfect. As a result, forensic experts can use the maxillary sinuses to discriminate between different types of evidence in assessing whether or not maxillary sinuses accurately predict a person’s gender. To determine the gender based on maxillary sinus dimensions. Materials and Methods: Bilateral maxillary sinus images were acquired for 80 patients and different parameters were measured and evaluated. Mean and standard deviation of both sinus measurements were calculated and compared. Results: Comparison between male and female groups showed statistically insignificant differences on both the right and left sides with respect to the maxillary sinus length, height, area and distance between two sinuses. Conclusion: The maxillary sinus measurements are valuable guide for sex determination with relatively good accuracy rate. In forensic medicine, gender determination is a crucial stage in the identification process. CT scan measures of the maxillary sinus may be helpful in forensic sciences to facilitate sex determination. However, with a relatively low-accuracy rate. When the entire skeleton is unavailable, the height, width, and length of the maxillary sinuses, along with other bones, can be utilized to determine gender.
Mathpati et al. (Tue,) studied this question.