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Photogrammetric Analysis of Soft Tissue Profile of the Face of Igbos in Port Harcourt
Oghenemavwe Ese Loveday, Fawehinmi Hakeem Babatunde, Udoaka Alaba Isobo, Oladipo Gabriel Sunday and Onyeleonu Ijeoma
Corresponding Author: Oghenemavwe Ese Loveday
Submitted: 2011 July, 20
Accepted: 2011 September, 18
Published: 2011 December, 25 |
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The understanding of soft tissues of the face in relation to the underlying dentoskeletal tissues is an
essential guide in aesthetic treatment plan. The present study quantify the average parameters that define the
soft tissue norms for young Igbo adults by means of linear and angular measurements. Standardized
photographic records of 200 (100 males and 100 females) subjects taken in the Natural Head Position (NHP)
were analyzed. Igbo male subjects had a mean percent ratio of 41.85±0.03 for middle face and 58.15±0.03 ratio
for lower face, a nasofrontal angle of 130.18±8.84º, a nasofacial angle of 39.92±4.720º, a nasomental angle
of 112.99±8.91º and a mentocervical angle of 91.11±2.25º. In Igbo female subjects the mean values for middle
face, lower face, nasofrontal angle, nasofacial angle, nasomental angle and mentocervical angle were
43.03±0.03º, 56.97±0.03º, 134.29±9.18º, 38.06±5.22º, 117.25±8.240º and 90.37±1.280º, respectively. Statistical
analysis (using the z score) showed significant gender differences for all parameters (p<0.05). The data
presented in this study could be potentially useful in orthodontics and facial plastic surgery.
Key words: Igbo, lower face, middle face, nasomental, nasofacial, nasofrontal,
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Oghenemavwe Ese Loveday, Fawehinmi Hakeem Babatunde, Udoaka Alaba Isobo, Oladipo Gabriel Sunday and Onyeleonu Ijeoma, . Photogrammetric Analysis of Soft Tissue Profile of the Face of Igbos in Port Harcourt. Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, (6): 228-233.
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ISSN (Online): 2040-8773
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