TY - JOUR ID - 40585 TI - The Application of Palatal Rugae for Sex Discrimination in Forensic Medicine in a Selected Iranian Population JO - Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences JA - IJMS LA - en SN - 0253-0716 AU - Malekzadeh, Ali Reza AU - Pakshir, Hamid Reza AU - Ajami, Shabnam AU - Pakshir, Fatemeh AD - Orthodontics Research Centre, Dental School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Y1 - 2018 PY - 2018 VL - 43 IS - 6 SP - 612 EP - 622 KW - Forensic medicine KW - Palatal rugae KW - Sex identification KW - Iranian population DO - 10.30476/ijms.2018.40585 N2 - Background: Palatal rugae have been shown to be associated with racial and geographical variations and are known to be useful in sex identification. The present study aimed to assess palatal rugae patterns in a sample Iranian population and to compare the results with those from other studied populations.Methods: During summer 2017, 130 pre-orthodontic plaster casts from patients aged 17-25 years (65 males and 65 females) were obtained from the Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. The castes were evaluated using the classification given by Thomas and Kotze followed by recording the rugae lengths and shapes. The data were analyzed with the SPSS statistical software package (version 15.0) using the unpaired t test and Chi-square test. P UR - https://ijms.sums.ac.ir/article_40585.html L1 - https://ijms.sums.ac.ir/article_40585_8b261f2120dcd547e2c5704e52441d0f.pdf ER -