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Background: Cephalic index has a wide range of scope in personal identification, plastic surgery, and orthodontics and in identifying the differences in race and ethnicity. The present research is an attempt to identify the difference in the cephalic index in association with region and gender in a sample of total 300 participants (South Indians, 1...
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... based on research findings, more classifications and numerical values were introduced by determining the ratio between maximum breadth and maximum length of the head 4,5 . Classification systems gave more accurate result in determining the diversity in human facial morphology (Table 1).Based on the classification systems, it is also possible to predict the genetic transmission from parents to offspring and siblings 6 . Studies indicate the relevance of the cephalic index to identify racial, ethnic, and gender differences. ...Citations
... Head form prevalence: The results indicated a prevalence of Mesocephalic head form (45.1%) in the Malabar region of Kerala. Concordant results with predominance of mesocephalic head form were observed in the studies of Njemirovskij V et al., 5 Alves HA et al, 6 Nair SK et al, 7 Patro S et al, 8 Mishra M et al, 9 Akinbami BO, 10 Lakshmi KK et al, 11 Shah T et al, 12 Setiya M et al, 13 Ahmed SKN and Sreenivasan M, 14 Ranga MKS and Mallika MCV, 15 Doshi MA and Jadhav SD, 16 Mangeshkar A et al. 17 and Thomas MW and Rajan SK. 18 The present study results showed Brachycephalic head form as the second most prevalent group with an incidence of 21% among the study subjects. Dolichocephalic head form was the third most (7.1%) common in the study population. ...
: The study aimed to assess the correlation between Cephalic Index and Facial Index in patients with skeletal malocclusions reporting to the Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics in a private Dental College in Kerala.
: A study was conducted using analytical cross-sectional study design, on patients numbering 120 (40 Class I, 40 Class II & 40 Class III) between ages 18 to 30 years. Statistical analysis was carried out with SPSS version 22.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL). The data was assessed using the Shapiro-Wilk test for normality. Inferential statistics to find the difference between the Cephalic and Facial Indices was done using the independent t-test and Chi-square test for proportion analysis. Correlation coefficient between the Facial and Cephalic indices was assessed using Pearson Correlation Coefficient.
: A weak negative correlation existed between the Cephalic Index and Facial Index in different skeletal malocclusions - (-0.28) in Class I, (-0.15) in Class II and (-0.08) in Class III malocclusion.
: The present study observed that cranial morphology exerted a weak morphologic influence on the facial type as indicated by the weak negative correlation between the Cephalic Index and Facial Index in the different antero-posterior malocclusions.
