Influence of gender and ethnicity on Bonwill's triangle and other morphometric parameters of mandible in a population of West Bardhaman district of West Bengal,India

Abstract

Aim of the study: Despite a number of studies on mandibular anthropometry, there is a dearth of parameters like goniognation lengths and Bonwill’s triangular dimensions of mandibles from Eastern India. Earlier studies show intra-population differences in mandibular features. Gender determination has always been an integral part of biological profiling though reliability on population-specific morphometric data on mandibular dimensions is generally lacking.