A Study of Anthropometric Parameter of Face in North Indian Population

Anthropometric measurements play importent role in the surgical practices and also it has been discovered that facial forms distinguish various races/ethnic groups. To treat congenital or post traumatic facial disfigurement in members of these groups successfully, surgeons required access to anthropometric databases of that particular region. Normative data of facial measurements are indispensable. to precise determination of the degree of deviation from the normal. The measurements selected for the study were intended to develop a satisfactory image of the morphological structure of the facial framework consisting of North Indian population. Measurements taken were face length, face breadth and relationship of these parameters was found out with each other and prosopic index was calculated. This data can be useful for experts in Anatomy, Forensic and other allied branches to see variations in different populations. On the basis of this study it was observed that In North Indian males and females dominant type of face shape is euriprosopic and mesoprosopic. The rarest type of face shape is hyperleptoprosopic In both.