European Journal of Anatomy

Official Journal of The Spanish Society of Anatomy
Cover Volume 18 - Number 2
Eur J Anat, 18 (2): 93-97 (2014)

Lower jaw and orolabial analysis in adult Bangladeshi Buddhist Chakma females

Asma Mostafa1, Laila Anjuman Banu2 and Azmeri Sultana3

1Department of Anatomy, Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2Department of Anatomy, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh and 3Department of Paediatrics, Institute of child health and Shishu Shasthaya Foundation Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

ABSTRACT A single standard of craniofacial norms is not appropriate for application to diverse racial and ethnic groups, so it is necessary to develop craniofacial norms for different groups. This study was descriptive, observational and cross-sectional in nature, with some analytical components. The study group consisted of a convenient sample of 100 adult Bangladeshi Buddhist Chakma females; categorized into two age groups ?? 25 to 35 years (n = 70) and 35 to 45 years (n = 30).Nine variables were measured using physical and photographic procedures. Seven indices were calculated from those variables. An independent ??t? test was performed to evaluate if there were any significant differences in measurements between the two age groups ?? 25 to 35 years and 35 to 45 years, setting a p value of ≤ 0.05 as statistically significant. No statistically significant differences in measurements were found between the two age groups, except for philtrum length (p = 0.02) and upper vermilion height to philtrum length index (p = 0.03). The results of this study can be useful for anatomists and anthropologists to serve as a basic framework for estimating the standard of lower jaw and orolabial dimensions of this population, and also to compare the dimensions of other ethnic groups in Bangladesh with this ethnic group.

Keywords: Lower jaw, Orolabial anthropometry, Chakma Females

European Journal of anatomy
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