Successful Rate of Stature Estimation Using Odontometric Parameter with Carrea’s Index in Mongoloid Population

Abstract

Background: Stature estimation is one of the four pillars in the anthropological identification protocol.
During this time, stature estimation uses long bones, but if no long bones are found, tooth dimensions begin
to be examined as a tool in stature estimation.
Purpose: The aim of this study was to be able to determine the percentage of success in using tooth dimensions
to estimate height in the Mongoloid population in Indonesia, using the Carrea’s Index method.
Method: The study was carried out by measuring the dimensions of arch and chord, then put into the Carrea
formula, the results were compared with actual height, then calculated the frequency of predictions of
success and non-success, compared to gender, and quadrant side of jaw.
Results: The results of predictions of success for both women and men on both sides of the mandibular were
a successful prediction of 69.6% and a non-successful prediction of 30.4%. In each sex, the success rate was
different for each side, without a statistically significant difference (right p value 0.186; left p value 0.713)
using Chi-square test. The results of the Pearson Correlation Coefficient test have a positive correlation (p
<0.05) indicating that there is a significant relationship between height and the results of height estimation
obtained from tooth dimension measurements.
Conclusion: Based on the successful rate of the Carrea’s Index method in this study shows that the Carrea’s
Index method can be used in the Mongoloid population in Indonesia as a tool for human identification.