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Objective <p>The aim of this study was to assess measurements of the maxillary canines using Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) and develop a machine learning model for sex estimation.</p> Materials and methods <p>CBCT scans from 610 patients were screened. The maxillary canines were examined to measure total tooth length, average enamel thickness, and mesiodistal width. Various supervised machine learning algorithms were employed to construct predictive models, including Decision Tree, Gradient Boosting Classifier, K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), Logistic Regression, Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP), Random Forest Classifier, Support Vector Machine (SVM), XGBoost, LightGBM, and CatBoost. Validation of each model was performed using a 10-fold cross-validation approach. Metrics such as area under the curve (AUC), accuracy, recall, precision, and F1 Score were computed, with ROC curves generated for visualization.</p> Results <p>The total length of the tooth proved to be the variable with the highest predictive power. The algorithms that demonstrated superior performance in terms of AUC were LightGBM and Logistic Regression, achieving AUC values of 0.77 [CI95% = 0.65–0.89] and 0.75 [CI95% = 0.62–0.86] for the test data, and 0.74 [CI95% = 0.70–0.80] and 0.75 [CI95% = 0.70–0.79] in cross-validation, respectively. Both models also showed high precision values.</p> Conclusions <p>The use of maxillary canine measurements, combined with supervised machine learning techniques, has proven to be viable for sex estimation.</p> Clinical relevance <p>The machine learning approach combined with is a low-cost option as it relies solely on a single anatomical structure.</p>

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Machine learning in sex estimation using CBCT morphometric measurements of canines

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  • 发表日期：

    2025年9月17日

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  • Alice Corrêa Silva-Sousa,
  • Gustavo dos Santos Cardoso,
  • Antônio Castelo Branco,
  • Erika Calvano Küchler,
  • Flares Baratto-Filho,
  • Amanda Pelegrin Candemil,
  • Manoel Damião Sousa-Neto,
  • Cristiano Miranda de Araujo

摘要

Objective

The aim of this study was to assess measurements of the maxillary canines using Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) and develop a machine learning model for sex estimation.

Materials and methods

CBCT scans from 610 patients were screened. The maxillary canines were examined to measure total tooth length, average enamel thickness, and mesiodistal width. Various supervised machine learning algorithms were employed to construct predictive models, including Decision Tree, Gradient Boosting Classifier, K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), Logistic Regression, Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP), Random Forest Classifier, Support Vector Machine (SVM), XGBoost, LightGBM, and CatBoost. Validation of each model was performed using a 10-fold cross-validation approach. Metrics such as area under the curve (AUC), accuracy, recall, precision, and F1 Score were computed, with ROC curves generated for visualization.

Results

The total length of the tooth proved to be the variable with the highest predictive power. The algorithms that demonstrated superior performance in terms of AUC were LightGBM and Logistic Regression, achieving AUC values of 0.77 [CI95% = 0.65–0.89] and 0.75 [CI95% = 0.62–0.86] for the test data, and 0.74 [CI95% = 0.70–0.80] and 0.75 [CI95% = 0.70–0.79] in cross-validation, respectively. Both models also showed high precision values.

Conclusions

The use of maxillary canine measurements, combined with supervised machine learning techniques, has proven to be viable for sex estimation.

Clinical relevance

The machine learning approach combined with is a low-cost option as it relies solely on a single anatomical structure.