Original Article

Year : 2016 | Volume : 7 | Issue : 4 | Page : 130-134

Craniofacial anthropometric measurements of adult Indians in Angles Class I malocclusion

SA Shinde, RB Sable, AS Patil

Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Dental College and Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Correspondence Address:

S A Shinde

Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Dental College and Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Abstract:

Context:

The study was done on Adult Indians ranging from an age group of 18-25 years inhibiting Angles Class I malocclusion.

Aims:

The objective of the study was to establish the craniofacial anthropometric norms for the young adult (18-28 years) Indians.

Subjects and Methods:

The study group consisted of 150 healthy volunteers with equal number of male and female subjects who had no history of mixed racial parentage. Twenty-one linear measurements were studied from 28 landmarks over six craniofacial regions by two different operators.

Statistical Analysis Used:

Sample t-test was used to study the significance of the difference of each average level of all craniofacial parameters between male and female groups. Chi-square test was used to study the statistical significance of difference of the craniofacial indices between males and females.

Results:

The minimum measurements were contributed by female subjects in most of the craniofacial parameters, except for the eye fissure height (ps-pi) and nose prominence (sn-prn). There is a gender difference in all the measurements except the eye fissure width and nose prominence (independent t-test; P < 0.05). The Indians exhibit some North American White Caucasians (NAWC) features in all regions.

Conclusions:

This study establishes the craniofacial anthropometric norms of the Indians over 21 parameters. Males, in general, have a significantly higher measurement than females in most of the craniofacial parameters. The Indians do exhibit some NAWC like features.

Source of Support: 

None

Conflict of Interest: 

None

DOI: 10.4103/2349-5243.197459

How to cite this article: Shinde SA, Sable RB, Patil AS. Craniofacial anthropometric measurements of adult Indians in Angles Class I malocclusion. Int J Orthod Rehabil 2016;7:130-4.