Joyce Ekeme Ikubor

Department of Radiology, Western Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Cleveland, United States

Publications

• Original Article   
  Gender Differences in Radiographic Analysis of the Mental Foramen among Urhobo People of Southern Nigeria
  Author(s): Okoro Ogheneyebrorue Godswill*, Wilson Josiah Iju, Joyce Ekeme Ikubor and Ebeye OA
  
  Objective: Identi ication is foremost to forensic investigators and this includes determining race, age and sex of individuals. This investigation is pointed toward deciding sex from detailed observation of the Mental Foramen (MF) by comparing the Upper Limit (UF-L) and Lower Limit of the foramen (LF-L) to the lower limit of mandible. Methods: This retrospective study investigated a hundred and ten clear radiographs without any pathology of 55 males and 55 females, between 20-60 years. Results: Statistically signi icant differences (p<0.05) were obtained in all measurements between gender with the obtained Mean and SD values of 14.63 ± 2.59 in males UF-L and 13.60 ± 2.57 in female UF-L, also 11.78 ± 2.41 and 10.58 ± 2.31 in males and females LF-L respectively. Signi icantly higher val.. Read More»
  10.54608.annalsmedical.2023.90