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Title: | Orofacial indices: a study in 240 Nigerian children. |
Authors: | Oluwatosin, O.M Oluwatosin, O.A |
Keywords: | Bite Burn Cheilon Cleft Coefficient Indices Lip Stomion Subnasale Vermilion |
Issue Date: | 1998 |
Publisher: | COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, NIGERIA |
Citation: | Afr J Med Med Sci 1998, 27(1&2):39-42 |
Abstract: | This 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. |
Description: | Article |
URI: | http://adhlui.com.ui.edu.ng/jspui/handle/123456789/3128 |
ISSN: | 1116-4077 |
Appears in Collections: | African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences |
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