The influence of age, sex, population group, and dentition on the mandibular angle as measured on a South African sample

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8314409
AutoresAnna C Oettlé (0000-0002-5665-6581, University of Pretoria, autor de correspondencia), Piet J Becker, Piet Becker (0000-0002-9384-6472, South African Medical Research Council), Elzabe de Villiers (University of Pretoria), M Steyn (0000-0002-0215-9723, University of Pretoria)
Año2009
Volumen139
Número4
Páginas505-511
Fecha de publicación2009-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.21009
PMID19235793
OpenAlexW2028669644
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas26

The mandibular angle is measured in physical anthropological assessments of human remains to possibly assist with the determination of sex and population affinity. The purpose of this investigation was to establish how the mandibular angle changes with age and loss of teeth among the sexes in South African population groups. The angles of 653 dried adult mandibles from the Pretoria Bone Collection were measured with a mandibulometer. Males and females of both South African whites and blacks were included. To compensate for imbalances in numbers among subgroups, type IV ANOVA testing was applied. No association was found between age and angle within either of the populations, within sexes, or within dentition groups. The angle was the most obtuse in individuals without molars and with an uneven distribution of molars, and most acute in the group with an even distribution of molars on both sides. Statistically significant differences ( P P = 0.003 for sex, males more acute angle, and P = 0.001 for population group, blacks more acute angle), although a very large overlap existed. No significant differences could be demonstrated between the sexes or populations within the subgroups with molars. We concluded that the loss of molars, especially if complete or uneven, has a considerable effect on the mandibular angle. In the assessment of human remains, the mandibular angle is not very usable in determining sex. Am J Phys Anthropol, 2009. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc

Age groups · Biology · Dentition · Mandible (arthropod mouthpart) · Mandibular angle · Molar · Population · Zoology · Demography · Dentistry · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Medicine · Morphological variations and asymmetry · Orthodontics · Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics