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Purpose: An important part of judicial research is the identification of the individual. The frontal sinus has valuable characteristics for personal identification, age forecast and gender determination. The aim of this study is to determine the relationship of these dimensions with age and the importance of gender determination by evaluating the dimensions of the frontal sinus in conic radiated computer tomography (KIBT) images. In total, 178 individuals (105 women, 73 men) between the ages of 20 and 85 were examined retrospectively. In the KIBT images, the width, height and anteroposterior depth and maximum total width measurements were made for each sinus to the right and left sides. The individuals involved in the study were divided into 5 subgroups by age and each measurement parameter was compared between the subgroups. The statistical analysis of the data collected was done using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 23.0 program. Results: In terms of the characteristics of the right and left frontal sinus width, anteroposterior depth and maximum total width, men have statistically significantly high average than women (p<0.01), while no statistically significant difference in terms of sinus height has been determined. There was no statistically significant difference between age groups for all the evaluated parameters. The discriminatory analysis resulted in the gender forecast accuracy rate of 71.3%. Result: This study found that frontal sinus dimensions measured in KIBT images did not show significant differences between age groups. However, it was believed that the frontal sinus is dimorphic in gender determination, but it is not sufficient in gender determination alone and its accuracy will be increased by additional parameters. Keywords Legal Sciences, Gender Detection Analysis, Frontal Sinus, Conic radiated computer tomography

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