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Table 8 Results found by the included studies

From: Applicability of the mandibular canine index for sex estimation: a systematic review

Study

Canine index average

Canine sexual dimorphism

Accuracy of sex estimation

Population

Acharya and Mainali 2009

Female: 0.26

Male: 0.26

a

Female: 44.44%

Male: 57.14%

Nepal

Acharya et al. 2011

Female: 0.24

Male: 0.24

a

Female: 52%

Male: 49.51%

India

Anu et al. 2018

Female: 0.22

Male: 0.22

a

Female: 20.0%

Male: 88.0%

India

Atreya et al. 2019

Right canine:

Female: 0.22

Male: 0.23

Left canine

Female: 0.22

Male: 0.22

a

Right

Female: 60.0%

Male: 57.5%

Left

Female: 62.5%

Male: 57.5%

Nepal

Azevedo et al. 2019

a

Right canine: 85.8%

Left canine: 85.8%

Right

Female: 58.6%

Male: 72.0%

Left

Female: 57.1%

Male: 72.0%

Portugal

Bai et al. 2018

Right canine

Female: 0.25

Male: 0.26

Left canine

Female: 0.25

Male: 0.26

a

Female: not mentioned

Male: 89%

a

Bakkannavar et al. 2015

Right canine

Female: 0.27

Male: 0.28

Left canine

Female: 0.27

Male: 0.28

a

Right

Female: 75.6%

Male: 73.2%

Left

Female: 76.8%

Male: 73.2%

India

Dhakar et al. 2012

Right canine

Rajasthan (Female: 0.24/Male: 0.27)

Gujarat (Female: 0.25/Male: 0.27)

Karnataka (Female: 0.24/Male: 0.27)

Left canine

Rajasthan (Female: 0.23/Male: 0.26)

Gujarat (Female: 0.24/Male: 0.27)

Karnataka (Female: 0.23/Male: 0.27)

a

Rajasthan: 78%

Gujarat: 76%

Karnataka: 82%

India

Divyadharsini and Kumar 2019

Female: 0.26

Male: 0.27

a

a

India

Duraiswamy et al. 2009

Right canine

Optimal-fluoride (Female: 18.46/Male: 20.46)

High-fluoride (Female: 19.34/Male: 18.73)

Left canine

Optimal-fluoride (Female: 19.14/Male: 21.07)

High-fluoride (Female: 19.34/Male: 20.10)

a

a

India

Gandhi et al. 2017

Female: 0.25036

Male: 0.24808

Right canine: 6.85%

Left canine: 7.62%

Female: 83.8%

Male: 74.19%

India

Gargano et al. 2014

Right canine

Female: 0.2658

Male: 0.2712

Left canine

Female: 0.2658

Male: 0.2714

a

Female: 43.67%

Male: 48.1%

Uruguay

Grover et al. 2013

Right canine

Female: 0.22

Male: 0.25

Left canine

Female: 0.21

Male: 0.23

Right canine: 10.11%

Left canine: 4.44%

Right canine: 9.43%

Left canine: 11.81%

India

Gupta et al. 2014

Right canine

Female: 0.22494

Male: 0.21669

CANINE

Female: 0.23410

Male: 0.22041

a

a

India

Gupta and Daniel 2016

Right canine

Female: 24.57

Male: 26.23

Left canine

Female: 24.77

Male: 26.32

a

Right

Female: 77.36%

Male: 73.58%

Left

Female: 66.04%

Male: 67.92%

India

Hosmani et al. 2013

Female: 0.26406

Male: 0.26574

a

Female: 50%

Male: 40%

India

Ibeachu et al. 2012

Right canine

Female: 0.208

Male: 0.228

Left canine

Female: 0.207

Male: 0.230

Right canine: 15.24%

Left canine: 16.74%

a

Nigeria

Iqbal et al. 2015

Female: 0.2368

Male: 0.2572

a

Female: 70–97%

Male: 8–73%

China

Jacob et al. 2018

Female: 0.279

Male: 0.284

a

Female: 70.2%

Male: 40.6%

India

Kakkar et al. 2013

Female: 0.1896

Male: 0.1921

a

Female: 55.03%

Male: 53.54%

India

Kaushal et al. 2003

Right canine

Casts (Female: 0.267/Male: 0.278)

Intraoral (Female: 0.267/Male: 0.280)

Left canine

Casts (Female: 0.268/Male: 0.283)

Intraoral (Female: 0.267/Male: 0.282)

Casts

Right canine: 7.96%

Left canine: 9.79%

Intraoral

Right canine: 7.95%

Left canine: 8.89%

a

India

Kaushal et al. 2004

Right canine

Female: 0.26

Male: 0.28

Left canine

Female: 0.26

Male: 0.28

Right canine: 7.954%

Left canine: 8.891%

Right

Female: 80%

Male: 70%

Left

Female: 83.33%

Male: 66.67%

India

Krishnan et al. 2016

a

a

Female: 24%

Male: 84%

India

Kumawat et al. 2017

Right canine

Female: 0.24

Male: 0.25

Left canine

Female: 0.24

Male: 0.25

Right canine: 5.53%

Left canine: 5.42%

Female: 78%

Male: 81.33%

India

Lagos et al. 2016

a

a

75.29%

Chile

Latif et al. 2016

Female: 0.253

Male: 0.269

a

Female: 76%

Male: 80%

India

Mohsenpour et al. 2017

Right canine

Female: 0.2545

Male: 0.2677

Left canine

Female: 0.2567

Male: 0.2704

a

Right

Female: 62%

Male: 44%

Left

Female: 64%

Male: 54%

Iran

Muhamedagić and Sarajlić 2013

Right canine

Female: 0.247

Male: 0.259

Left canine

Female: 0.238

Male: 0.250

a

Right: 68.89%

Left: 68.54%

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Muller et al. 2001

Female: 0.261

Male: 0.275

a

a

France

Muthukumar and Thenmozhi 2018

Right canine

Female: 0.2784

Male: 0.2855

Left canine

Female: 0.2784

Male: 0.2878

a

Right

Female: 75.6%

Male: 73.2%

Left

Female: 76.8%

Male: 73.2%

India

Nadendla et al. 2016

Clinical

Female: 0.2630

Male: 0.2614

Occlusal

Female: 0.2765

Male: 0.2625

a

Clinical

Female: 31.70%

Male: 76.70%

Occlusal

Female: 58.30%

Male: 71.70%

India

Nagalaxmi et al. 2014

Right canine

Female: 0.2497

Male: 0.2501

Left canine

Female: 0.2540

Male: 0.2524

Right canine: 3.73%

Left canine: 3.06%

Right

Female: 70.0%

Male: 73.3%

LEFT

Female: 56.7%

Male: 66.7%

a

Narang et al. 2014

Right canine

Female: 0.248

Male: 0.255

Left canine

Female: 0.241

Male: 0.255

a

Female: 67.6%

Male: 68.0%

India

Otuaga and Chris-Ozoko 2012

Right canine

Female: 0.26

Male: 0.27

Left canine

Female: 0.26

Male: 0.27

Right canine: 8.58%

Left canine: 8.54%

RIGHT

Female: 49.06%

Male: 50.94%

LEFT

Female: 49.06%

Male: 50.94%

Nigeria

Paramkusam et al. 2014

Female: 0.26

Male: 0.25

Right canine: 8.0%

Left canine: 8.4%

Female: 76.66%

Male: 80.00%

India

Patel et al. 2017

Right canine

Female: 0.249

Male: 0.263

Left canine

Female: 0.249

Male: 0.263

Right canine: 8.42%

Left canine: 8.40%

Female: 80.00%

Male: 77.50%

India

Patil et al. 2015

Female: 0.319

Male: 0.344

a

a

India

Priyadharshini et al. 2018

Right canine

Female: 0.25

Male: 0.25

Left canine

Female: 0.25

Male: 0.25

a

a

India

Rajarathnam et al. 2016

Right canine

Casts (Female: 0.25/Male: 0.26)

Intraoral (Female: 0.25/Male: 0.26)

Left canine

Casts (Female: 0.25/Male: 0.26)

Intraoral (Female: 0.25/Male: 0.26)

Right canine: 6.90%

Left canine: 6.96%

73%

India

Rao et al. 1989

Female: 0.254

Male: 0.296

a

Female: 87.5%

Male: 84.3%

India

Reddy et al. 2008

Right canine

Female: 0.246

Male: 0.259

Left canine

Female: 0.247

Male: 0.261

Left canine: 9.058%

Female: 66%

Male: 78%

India

Sassi et al. 2012

Standard value: 0.267

a

Female: 29%

Male: 54%

Uruguay

Shahid et al. 2018

Female: 0.26

Male: 0.26

a

Female: 43.70%

Male: 51.30%

Pakistan

Sharma and Gorea 2010

Right canine

17–30 years (Female: 0.259/Male: 0.265)

30–50 years (Female: 0.252/Male: 0.256)

Left canine

17–30 years (Female: 0.257/Male: 0.265)

30–50 years (Female: 0.252/Male: 0.254)

RIGHT

17–30 years: 5.616%

30–50 years: 4.687%

LEFT

17–30 years: 6.103%

3050 years: 3.882%

a

India

Sherfudhin et al. 1996

a

a

Female: 50.17%

Male: 49.83%

India

Silva et al. 2016

Female: 0.30

Male: 0.31

a

Female: 25.7%

Male: 94%

Portugal

Singh et al. 2012

Right canine

Female: 0.21

Male: 0.21

Left canine

Female: 0.21

Male: 0.21

Right canine:

6.926%

Left canine:

5.498%

a

India

Singh et al. 2012

Right canine

Female: 0.21

Male: 0.21

Left canine

Female: 0.21

Male: 0.21

Right canine: 6.926%

Left canine:

5.498%

a

India

Singh et al. 2015

Right canine

Female: 0.25

Male: 0.26

Left canine

Female: 0.25

Male: 0.26

Right canine: 14.1%

Left canine:

15.2%

Female: 87.2%

Male: 83.8%

India

Sreedhar et al. 2015

Right canine

Female: 0.27

Male: 0.25

Left canine

Female: 0.28

Male: 0.27

a

Right MCI: 84.3%

Left MCI: 75.8%

India

Srivastava 2010

Right canine

Female: 0.255

Male: 0.256

Left canine

Female: 0.256

Male: 0.257

Right canine: 2.804%

Left canine: 2.326%

Female: 51%

Male: 48%

India

Vijayan et al. 2019

Right canine

Female: 0.521

Male: 0.444

Left canine

Female: 0.526

Male: 0.447

a

a

India

Vishwakarma and Guha 2011

Right canine

Female: 0.2569

Male: 0.2864

Left canine

Female: 0.2645

Male: 0.2888

Right canine: 12.51%

Left canine: 10.15%

a

India

Yadav et al. 2002

Female: 0.288

Male: 0.310

a

Female: 81.1%

Male: 83.3%

India

  1. aNot found