Title

Morphological analysis of coronoid process shape variations in adult human mandibles

Authors

Urmila Sinha^1,*, Ajay Kumar Patel¹, Ruchi Ratnesh¹, Vishakha Sontakke¹, Deepa Devadas² & Sanjay Kumar³

Affiliation

¹Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, Jharkhand, India; ²Department of Anatomy, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India; ³Department of Anaesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, Jharkhand, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Urmila Sinha - E-mail: drurmi2015@gmail.com
Ajay Kumar Patel - E-mail: dr.ajaykumar2008@gmail.com
Ruchi Ratnesh - E-mail: dr.ruchi7@gmail.com
Vishakha Sontakke - E-mail: vishakhasontakke611@gmail.com
Deepa Devadas - E-mail: deepadevadas108@gmail.com
Sanjay Kumar - E-mail: drsanjayaiims2012@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received July 1, 2025; Revised July 31, 2025; Accepted July 31, 2025, Published July 31, 2025

Abstract

Change in the shape of the coronoid process on 80 dried adult human mandibles is of interest. Data shows that 47.5% of the cases involved triangular coronoid processes, 35% had rounded shapes and 17.5% had hook-shaped coronoid processes. Eight out of ten cases showed bilateral symmetry. Most of the furnishings took a triangular shape. These results are important for identifying people after an accident.

Keywords

Coronoid process, mandible, morphological variation, triangular shape, anatomical study, forensic anthropology

Citation

Sinha et al. Bioinformation 21(7): 2031-2034 (2025)

Edited by

Vini Mehta

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.