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Craniofacial Anthropometric Norms Of Malaysian Indians, W.C. Ngeow, S. T. Aljunid
Craniofacial Anthropometric Norms Of Malaysian Indians, W.C. Ngeow, S. T. Aljunid
Wei Cheong Ngeow
Objective: This study was done to establish the craniofacial anthropometric norms of the young adult (18-25 years) Malaysian Indian. Materials and Methods: The study group consisted of convenient samples of 100 healthy volunteers, with equal number of female and male subjects who had no history of mixed racial-parentage. Twenty-two linear measurements were taken twice from 28 landmarks over six craniofacial regions. The methodology and evaluation of indices of the craniofacial region was adapted from Hajnis et al. Results: The minimum measurements are always contributed by the female Indian except for the nose height (n-sn), (left) eye fissure length (ex-en), upper …