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Craniofacial Classification of Normal Newborns in Maiduguri Metropolis, Nigeria
Provedor de dados: 77
Autores: Garba,S. H; Numan,A. I; Mishara,I. G.
Anthropometric measurements, such as craniofacial forms especially in the first days after birth are important for the assessment of neonatal health status and results obtained from such measurements are used in pediatrics, orofacial surgery and diagnostic comprehension between patient and normal populations. There is no published literature about the types of head and face shapes in the Kanuri and Babur/Bura newborns of Maiduguri metropolis. Henee, this study was undertaken to document the various craniofacial forms of newborns of Maiduguri metropolis. Head length, head width, head circumference, face length, face width, prosopic and cephalicindices were measured in 120 newborns of the Maiduguri metropolis. The mean cephalicindex in Kanuri male and female...
Tipo: Journal article
Palavras-chave: Cephalic index; Prosopic index; Kanuri; Babur/Bura; Dolicocephalic hypereuryprosopic.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022008000200026

The Effect of Ethnic Factor on Cephalic Index in 17-20 Years Old Females of North of Iran
Provedor de dados: 77
Autores: Golalipour,Mohammad Jafar .
Cephalic index and head shape are affected by geographical, gender, age, racial and ethnic factors. This study was carried out to determine cephalic index and head shape in 17-20 years old female in Gorgan, North of Iran. This descriptive and cross sectional study is undertaken on 410 normal 17-20 years old female (Turkman group: n=203, Fars group: n=207). The study was done by classic cephalometry in Gorgan ­ North of Iran. Means and SD of cephalic index was 85 ± 4.5 and 82.8 ± 3.6 in native Fars and Turkman groups, respectively. Dominant and rare type of head shape in native Fars group were hyperbrachycephalic (53.6%) and dolichocephalic (15%), and in Turkman group were brachycephalic (58.1%) and dolichocephalic (0.05%), respectively. With noticing of...
Tipo: Journal article
Palavras-chave: Craniofacial forms; Cephalometry; Cephalic index; Female.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022006000400004

Cephalic Index of Ogbia Tribe of Bayesla State
Provedor de dados: 77
Autores: Eroje,M. A; Fawehinmi,H. B; Jaja,B. N; Yaakor,L.
A study on Cephalic Index was carried out on subjects from Ogbia tribe of Bayelsa State in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Four hundred and fourty individuals were randomly selected from the community comprising of 219 males and 221 females respectively. The ages of the subjects ranged from 2-18 years. The length and breadth of the head was measured using a sliding caliper from standard bony landmarks. The measurable point for head length was measured between the glabella and opisthocranion while the head breadth was the widest biparietal diameter from euryon (eu) on one side of the head to euryon (eu), on the other side. Mean values of cephalic index, standard deviation and standard error of mean were calculated for both sexes. The result showed that...
Tipo: Journal article
Palavras-chave: Cephalic index; Dolichocephalic; Ogbia; Forensic Medicine.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022010000200009

Mandibular Foramen Location and Lingula Height in Dentate Dry Mandibles, and its Relationship With Cephalic Index
Provedor de dados: 77
Autores: Fernandes,Atson Carlos de Souza; Loureiro,Raquel Pimentel; Oliveira,Leonardo; de Moraes,Márcio.
The mandibular foramen and its lingula is a major landmark when administering anesthetic or performing surgical procedures. The objective of this study was to determine whether the topological features of the mandibular foramen (MF) and lingula varied in mandibles from skulls of different cephalic indexes. The location of the mandibular foramen referred to the longitudinal borders of the mandibular ramus (MR), height of the foramen (Hf) referred to the occlusal line of the second molar, and the height of the lingula (Hl) were determined in a total of one hundred and five dry mandibles from skulls identified as dolicho- meso- and brachycephalic. On average MF in brachycephalic mandibles was closest to the anterior border of MR. Hf in brachy-, meso- and...
Tipo: Journal article
Palavras-chave: Lingula; Mandibular foramen; Cephalic index.
Ano: 2015
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022015000300037

Cephalometry in 14-18 Years Old Girls and Boys of Shiraz-Iran High School
Provedor de dados: 77
Autores: Vojdani,Zahra; Bahmanpour,Soghra; Momeni,Shahla; Vasaghi,Atieh; Yazdizadeh,Azadeh; Karamifar,Amirali; Najafifar,Amirhosseine; Setoodehmaram,Shahram; Mokhtar,Ali.
Cephalometry or skull measurement are used in pediatrics, forensic medicine, plastic surgery, oral surgery and diagnostic comprehension between patient and normal populations. Cephalic index is an important parameter for detecting the race and sex of an individual whose identity is unknown. The most important of cephalometric dimension are height and width of head which determine cephalic index. On the basis of cephalic index four head shapes are determined in international categories, that including dolichocephal, brachycephal, mesocephal and hyperbrachycephal. With noticing the lack of documented research about 14-18 years old girls and boys in this area, this study was planned for determining normal range of head shapes in 867girls and 960 boys in the...
Tipo: Journal article
Palavras-chave: Cephalometry; Cephalic index; Student.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022009000100018

The Study of Cephalic Index in North Indian Population
Provedor de dados: 77
Autores: Seema,; Verma,Poonam.
Cephalic index (CI) and head shape are greatly affected by geographical, sex, age and racial factors. Such data is of great medico legal and forensic importance which indicates that cephalic index can be used as marker of ethnicity. There is less published literature about cephalic index of Punjab population. Hence, we undertook this study to document the cephalometric characteristics and gender differences in cephalic index of Punjabi community. Head length, head breadth and CI were determined for 500 medical students (17­23 years) of Punjab. The mean cephalic index for males was 80.52 and for females 84.32 which was statistically significant. On comparison with the existing literature the Punjabi community can be categorized as Brachycephalic/...
Tipo: Journal article
Palavras-chave: Cephalic index; Head-length; Head-breadth; Brachicephalic.
Ano: 2016
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022016000200038

Morphological Evaluation of Head in Turkman Males in Gorgan-North of Iran
Provedor de dados: 77
Autores: Golalipour,Mohammad Jafar; Jahanshahi,Mehrdad; Haidari,Kamran.
Cephalometry or measurement of human head is used in identification, forensic medicine, plastic surgery, orthodontics, archeology and examine the differences between races and ethnicities. This descriptive investigation was undertaken on 198 young Turkman males to determine the cephalic index and head phenotype among them in Gorgan, North of Iran. In this study cephalic index was determined by classic cephalometric method. Mean and standard deviation of cephalic index was 80.4 + 4. Based on the cephalic index, the head shape of 42.4% of individuals were brachycephalic, 7.6% hyperbrachycephalic, 40.9% mesocephalic and 8.1% dolicocephalic. This research showed that Turkman individuals have typical brachycephalic phenotype. In comparison to other studies, we...
Tipo: Journal article
Palavras-chave: Craniofacial forms; Cephalometry; Cephalic index; Male.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022007000100013

Morphometrical Studies on the Skull of Indian Blackbuck (Antelope cervicapra)
Provedor de dados: 77
Autores: Choudhary,Om Prakash; Singh,Ishwer.
The phenotypic appearance of the head of animal species depends strongly on the shape of the skull. The morphometric studies of the skull show that variability in the shape and proportions of bones is influenced by genetic and environmental factors. The present study was carried out first time on the morphometrical characteristics on skull of Indian Blackbuck. Craniometric measurements for 48 different parts of the skulls of Indian blackbuck were made in this study. All investigated features were expressed as Mean±SE. The craniometric measurements and cephalic indices had been compared with ruminants. The mean lengths of the skulls were found to be 20.68±0.02 cm, with the width and cephalic index to the magnitude of 9.54±0.03 cm and 46.12±0.12 cm,...
Tipo: Journal article
Palavras-chave: Blackbuck; Skull; Morphometrical; Cephalic index; Cranial index.
Ano: 2015
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022015000300011

Potential Donor Sites of the Parietal for Bone Grafting and its Relationship to the Cephalic Index
Provedor de dados: 77
Autores: Fernandes,Atson Carlos de Souza; Costa,Raquel Strauch; Moraes,Márcio de.
The purpose of the present study was to chart the thickness of the parietal bone and establish its relationship with the cephalic index and sex aiming at improving current knowledge and guidance for obtaining calvarial bone auto-graft material. Both left and right parietal bones of 150 skulls of adult human cadavers classified as either dolicho-, meso-, or brachicephalic, and as either male or female had their thickness measured at 3 levels ­ superior (S), middle (M) and inferior (I) ­ and at 3 points ­ anterior (a), middle (m) and posterior (p) ­ in each level, all evenly laid out. No relevant differences in thickness whether comparing sex or cephalic index was evidenced. The thickest measurements were found at points located at superior and middle levels...
Tipo: Journal article
Palavras-chave: Parietal bone; Cephalic index; Bone grafting; Oral surgery.
Ano: 2017
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022017000300029

Cephalofacial Morphological Characteristics of Albanian Kosova Population
Provedor de dados: 77
Autores: Rexhepi,Agron; Meka,Vjollca.
Although the human race must be regarded as a unit intellectually and physically, from the anthropologists' viewpoint the particular set of bones most often measured for purposes of racial classification are those of the head. The aim of the present work was to determine some relevant cephalofacial parameters, particularly in relation to sex and to study the distribution of basic head and face types of a Kosova Albanian population. The study sample comprised 754 subjects of both sex (561 male and 193 female) aged 18 to 35 from Kosova. Five basic cephalofacial variables were measured to obtain the head and face indexes. Statistically significant differences between two treated groups, according to sex, were found almost in all measured cephalofacial...
Tipo: Journal article
Palavras-chave: Anthropological; Cephalofacial; Facial index; Cephalic index.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022008000400024

The Variation of Head Shapes in 17-20 Years Old Native Fars Male in Gorgan-North of Iran
Provedor de dados: 77
Autores: Golalipour,Mohammad Jafar.
Cephalic index and head shape are affected by geographical, gender, age and racial factors. This study carried out to determine cephalic index and head shape in 17-20 years old native Fars male in Gorgan, North of Iran. This descriptive study was done on 200 of 17-20 years old male native Fars by classic cephalometry in Gorgan, North of Iran. Mean and SD of cephalic index was 84.8 + 6.9. The head shape of 52% of individuals was hyperbrachycephalic, 25% brachycephalic, 21.5% mesocephalic and 1.5% dolichocephalic. Native Fars individuals showed typical hyperbrachycephalic. In comparing to other studies in world, we can conclude that the role of racial/ethnic factor in cephalic diameters
Tipo: Journal article
Palavras-chave: Craniofacial forms; Cephalometry; Cephalic index; Prosopic index; Male.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022006000300011

Study of Cephalic Index in Indian Students
Provedor de dados: 77
Autores: Yagain,Vaishali Kiran; Pai,Shakunthala R; Kalthur,Sneha G; Chethan,P; Hemalatha,I.
Cephalic index is important parameter for deciding race and sex of an individual whose identity is unknown. Cephalic index and head shape are greatly affected by geographical, sex, age and racial factors. Present study aimed at working out cephalic index in Indian students. 100 students were taken as subjects and head length, head breadth were measured. Indian males had mean cephalic index of 77.92 and they were mesocephalic and females had mean cephalic index of 80.85 and they were brachycephalic. The comparison was statistically significant. The data is utmost important in forensic medicine, anthropology and in genetics.
Tipo: Journal article
Palavras-chave: Cephalic index; Head length; Head breadth; Anthropometry.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022012000100022

Cephalic and Facial Indices Among Kosovo-Albanian Population
Provedor de dados: 77
Autores: Staka,Gloria; Disha,Metush; Dragidella,Fatmir.
Cephalic and facial indices are used to estimate the racial and sex differences. This study was carried out to establish standards for craniofacial variables and distribution of cephalic and facial indices in Kosovo - Albanian population. The study population consisted of 204 dental students (101 males and 103 females, aged 18 to 30). Four basic craniofacial variables (head length, head breadth, morphological face height and face breadth) were measured to obtained cephalic and facial indices. All measured craniofacial variables are considerably higher in males than in females (p&lt;0.0001). In the Kosovo ­ Albanian population brachycephalic type of head (44.61 %) and hyperleptoprosopic type of face (63.34%) prevail.
Tipo: Journal article
Palavras-chave: Cephalic index; Facial index; Brachycephalic; Hyperleptoprosopic; Kosovo-Albanian Population.
Ano: 2013
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022013000200017

Craniofacial Forms among Three Dominant Ethnic Groups of Gombe State, Nigeria
Provedor de dados: 77
Autores: Maina,M. B; Mahdi,O; Kalayi,G. G.
Anthropometric measurements such as cranial and facial forms provide essential information that can be used added provide in orofacial surgery and in diagnostic comprehension between patient and normal populations. There is no published literature about the types of head and face shapes in Fulani, Tangale and Tera ethnic groups of Nigeria. Hence, this study was undertaken to document the various cranial and facial forms of these ethnic groups residing in Gombe region of North-Eastern Nigeria. Head length, head width, head circumference, face length and face width were measured and the cephalic and prosopic indices calculated in a total of 300 subjects (150 males and 150 females). Results analyzed placed all males of the three ethnic groups in...
Tipo: Journal article
Palavras-chave: Cephalic index; Prosopic index; Head types; Face types.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022012000100038

Comparative Study of the Cephalic Index of the Population from the Regions of the North and South of Brazil
Provedor de dados: 77
Autores: Alves,H. A; Santos,M. I. M. P; Melo,F. C. L; Wellington,R.
Since the beginning of the century in various countries, investigations to determine the anthropometric characteristics of a population were carried out. The issue of miscegenation in Brazil is of great importance in this study to define a population representative data on the cranial anthropometry. The large size of Brazil, with 8.514.876 km2 leads to an investigation between the two extreme regions of the country: North and South, because of the ethnic composition of their colonizers. This study aims to investigate, compare and rank possible differences in cephalic index of the populations from these regions of Brazil. Therefore, an anthropometric study was performed at the School of Aeronautics Expert (single training center for graduates of Brazilian...
Tipo: Journal article
Palavras-chave: Anthropometry; Cephalometry; Cephalic index.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022011000400050