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Facial Anthropometric Norms of the Young Iranian Population

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Introduction

Facial anthropometric measurement is considered an essential concern of surgeons, orthodontists, artists and forensic scientists. The aim of this study is to investigate facial anthropometric norms of the young Iranian population.

Methods

The study participants consisted of 200 healthy Iranian students (100 males, 100 females) aged 18–25 years old. Twenty-three liner and four angular measurements were investigated twice by a dentist. Independent-samples t test was used to compare indices between males and females and also between countries. A p value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Results

It was found that the mean measurements of c’–sn’ of both sides, nasolabial angle, trichion–gnathion, tragion–tragion and gnathion–gnathion were statistically greater in Iranian males than in females (p < 0.05). Comparing Iranian anthropometric norms with North American Whites, Malays, Turkish and African American women demonstrated that there were statistically significant differences in most anthropometric measurements between Iranians and other populations (p < 0.05).

Conclusion

In Iranians, mean measurements of c’–sn’ of the right and left sides, nasolabial angle, trichion–gnathion, tragion–tragion and gnathion–gnathion were greater in men than in women. Comparing Iranian males and females with different ethnicities indicated several interracial differences, which should be taken into consideration when dealing with patients or also practitioners originated in this region.

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  1. Craniomaxillofacial Research Center, Shariati Hospital and Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

    Mohammad Bayat

  2. Craniomaxillofacial Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 1411413137, Islamic Republic of Iran

    Mahsa Shariati, Fatemeh Rajaeirad & Zeinab Davoudmanesh

  3. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

    Mir Saeed Yekaninejad

  4. Craniomaxillofacial Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

    Fatemeh Momen-heravi

  5. Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA

    Fatemeh Momen-heravi

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Bayat, M., Shariati, M., Rajaeirad, F. et al. Facial Anthropometric Norms of the Young Iranian Population. J. Maxillofac. Oral Surg. 17, 150–157 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12663-016-0897-3

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