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dc.contributor.authorOluwatosin, O.M-
dc.contributor.authorOluwatosin, O.A-
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-16T10:46:52Z-
dc.date.available2024-10-16T10:46:52Z-
dc.date.issued1998-
dc.identifier.citationAfr J Med Med Sci 1998, 27(1&2):39-42en_US
dc.identifier.issn1116-4077-
dc.identifier.urihttp://adhlui.com.ui.edu.ng/jspui/handle/123456789/3128-
dc.descriptionArticleen_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper seeks to establish normal orofacial indices in Nigerian children under the age of 12. The children were grouped according to age and sex. The indices studied were: mouth width/upper vermilion are with lip relaxed; coefficient of upper lip curvature; upper lip height/mouth width; height of cutaneous upper lip/upper lip height; height of upper vermilion/upper lip height; upper lip elasticity; and size of oral aperture. The indices varied with age. Except for upper lip elasticity in 10-11-year-old children, there were no significant difference s in orofacial indices in male s and females. The coefficient of upper lip curvature which is an index that measure the curve or protrusion of the upper lip, was maximum in two or three-year-olds in both sexes. The orofacial indices calculated from lip dimensions could provide important baseline information for surgical repair or reconstruction of the orofacial region in black children.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipCOLLEGE OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, NIGERIAen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCOLLEGE OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, NIGERIAen_US
dc.subjectBiteen_US
dc.subjectBurnen_US
dc.subjectCheilonen_US
dc.subjectCleften_US
dc.subjectCoefficienten_US
dc.subjectIndicesen_US
dc.subjectLipen_US
dc.subjectStomionen_US
dc.subjectSubnasaleen_US
dc.subjectVermilionen_US
dc.titleOrofacial indices: a study in 240 Nigerian children.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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