A study of cephalic index and facial index in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

Kumari, Kavita; Babu, Preethitha; Kumari, Phool; Nagamani, M.

doi:10.5455/2320-6012.ijrms20150324

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“…15 The study of Kumari in the Visakhapatnam and Pradesh cities of India on adult male and female sexes ranging from 26 to 49 showed that most of the heads were mesocephalic, not in accordance with our results. 16 According to the results of various studies in different countries, the results of this study in some cases are similar and, in some cases, due to different reasons, such as race, geographic region, living conditions and inheritance. Can be due to the difference in head form in races and people in different geographical areas, it can be said that inheritance is the head cause of changes in the shape of the head and the environmental factors after that have the greatest impact.…”

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Cephalometry to determine the head index of children younger than 6 years in kindergartens at the Ministry of higher education in Kabul, Afghanistan

2019

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Background: A part of the anthropometry that measures and studies the dimensions of the head and the faces is called cephalometric, the results of which are used in various medical branches. The standard of this measurement is different in each country because different racial factors and geographic impact on it, so the values obtained by researchers in other countries cannot be a criterion for determining the normal growth of head in other countries. The aim of this study was to determine the head standard index and the prevalence of head anatomic types in children younger than 6 years old in Kabul ministry of higher education Kindergartens in order to determine the head standard index in 2018.Methods: This descriptive study was conducted for all male and female children less than 6 years old at the ministry of higher education in Kabul, which had no specific physical and mental problems in 2018. The measurements of the length and width of the head were measured by the Martin Calliper Cephalometry, and according to the protocol, the head index and the prevalence of different phenotypes was determined.Results: Based on the present study, it was found that most of the male and female head are in the form of brachicephalic with a total percentage of 56.82%, as well as 31.81% of the heads hyper brachicephalic and 9.09% of the mesosafalic head and the lowest number of heads the were dolgossific species with a total percentage of 2.28%. Also, the study of the head index based on age showed that in less than one-year olds, the heads were most the type of hyper brachicephalic and in other age groups, the head index was lower and the brachicephalic.Conclusions: The results of this study indicate that the dominant phenotypes in children under the age of six years in kindergartens at the ministry of higher education in Kabul are of brachicephalic in both males and females.

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Cephalometry to determine the head index of children younger than 6 years in kindergartens at the Ministry of higher education in Kabul, Afghanistan

2019

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“…The face shape is classified into different types based on the facial index and these are the hypereuryprosopic, euryprosopic, mesoprosopic; leptoprosopic and hyperleptoprosopic faces. (17)(18)(19)(20) Bedita Devi et al reported morphological facial index calculated according to Martin and Saller formula. The dominant phenotype face was mesoprosopic and leptoprosopic face, followed by euryprosopic type and followed by hyperleptoprosopic type, whereas the least seen type was hypereuroprosopic type.…”

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The Face Shape and Golden Ratio Classification In Turkish Healthy Population

Polat¹,

Kabakçı²,

Çevik³

et al. 2020

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A B S T R A C T BACKGROUNDBeauty indicates a specific proportion system. It comprises facial height, width, and symmetry. A beautiful and an attractive face or facial morphology, which is affected by many factors such as social, cultural, ethnic, racial, climate, gender, age, socioeconomic, nutritional, and genetic is a subjective concept. We wanted to determine the facial morphology, golden ratio, and classify the face shape, in Turkish healthy adults. METHODSThis is a descriptive study conducted among two hundred twenty-eight (139 females; 89 males) subjects aged between 18 and 25 years. Physiognomic facial height, the width of face, face golden ratio, morphological facial height, facial index were measured. Based on the face index, the face shape was classified as hypereuryprosopic, euryprosopic, mesoprosopic, leptoprosopic, and hyperleptoprosopic. Also, the face shape was determined according to the golden ratio. Statistical analysis was done by SPSS Ver. 22. Chi-Square Test was used to determine the differences between gender and face measurements. A p value of <0.05 value was considered as significant. RESULTSOut of 228 subjects, face shape according to golden ratio was normal in 11 female subjects, short in 128 female subjects. Also, in males, the same parameter was normal in 10 subjects, short in 72, and long in 7 subjects. On the other hand, significant differences were found between the genders. Hypereuroprosopic face type was the least observed in males but not in females. CONCLUSİONSThe facial shape data may be valuable for evaluating various disorders and variations for plastic surgeons and orthodontists and other clinicians.

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“…However, the most frequent face classes of female subjects were mesoprosopic (29%) and leptoprosopic (28%) based on TFI and hyperleptene (37%) based on UFI. In an Indian population, Kumari et al reported that the most common face type in males was mesoprosopic and in females was euryprospic [33]. Yasmin et al showed that the most frequent face type was equally mesoprosopic among Malaysian males and females [26].…”

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Anthropometric Study of the Facial Index in the Population of Medical Students in Tehran University of Medical Sciences

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Background: Facial anthropometry is useful in individual identification and reconstructive surgery. In the present study, we aimed to determine the facial characteristic of the Iranian population through anthropometric study. Materials and Methods: In a cross sectional study, 200 (100 male and 100 female) volunteer medical students (aged 20-25 years) of Tehran University of Medical Sciences were selected. The facial variables including Total Facial Height (TFH), Upper Facial Height (UFH) and Facial Width (FW) were measured and accordingly the Total Facial Index (TFI) and Upper Facial Index (UFI) were calculated. The data were analyzed using Statistical Software (SPSS). Results: The mean age of subjects was 22.97±1.12. the mean TFH, UFH, FW, TFI and UFI was 11.155 cm, 7.05 cm, 11.68 cm, 95.75, and 60.55, respectively. The most common types of face were hyperleptoprosopic (54%) and hyperleptene (54%) based on TFI and UFI, respectively. There were significant differences in the facial characteristic including TFH (P<0.0001), UFH (P<0.0001), FW (P=0.02), TFI (P<0.0001), and UFI (P<0.0001) of males and female subjects. Conclusion: According to the results, the most frequent face type was hyperleptoprosopic based on TFI and hyperleptene based on UFI in Iranian population, which showed the differences in the various populations. Additionally, the values of facial characteristics were higher in males than females. So, sexual dimorphism was recorded according to the facial measurements of Iranian population which can be considered in the reconstructive surgeries.

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A study of cephalic index and facial index in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

Cited by 17 publications

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Cephalometry to determine the head index of children younger than 6 years in kindergartens at the Ministry of higher education in Kabul, Afghanistan

Cephalometry to determine the head index of children younger than 6 years in kindergartens at the Ministry of higher education in Kabul, Afghanistan

The Face Shape and Golden Ratio Classification In Turkish Healthy Population

Anthropometric Study of the Facial Index in the Population of Medical Students in Tehran University of Medical Sciences

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