Preliminary Cephalometric Study of the Relationship between Facial Morphology and Sex

This study therefore, aimed at establishing baseline data to assess the relationship between sex using upper, lower and total cephalometric indices. One hundred participants made up of sixty males and forty females from KNUST were recruited for the study. Linear facial anthropometry were taken using calibrated Shahe digital calipers whiles participants sat with head in natural position. The facial anthropometric measurements were generally higher in males than in females. Upper facial height, facial width, nasal width, biocular diameter, lower facial height, lip length and total facial height were statistically significant and (p < 0.05). The present study shows the existence of statistically significant sexual dimorphism in the study population using cephalo-facial dimensions.
Source: Beni Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences - Category: Science Source Type: research