Open AccessAppraisal of the cephalometric norms for the upper and lower lips of the South Indian ethnic population
Author(s) -
Neetika Prabu,
Kohila Kandhasamy,
S Sivaraj,
P S Prabu
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 0976-4879
pISSN - 0975-7406
DOI - 10.4103/0975-7406.100215
Subject(s) - chin , cephalometric analysis , lower lip , orthodontics , cephalometry , medicine , upper lip , soft tissue , population , ethnic group , occlusion , dentistry , anatomy , surgery , environmental health , sociology , anthropology
The guidelines for planning an improvement in the facial appearance till recently existed in the form of evaluation of linear and angular parameters and ratios related to the hard tissues in the various cephalometric analyses. The present study aimed at establishing Arnett et al.'s norms of the upper and lower lip for the local population and assessing the extent by which these differ from the original norms proposed by Arnett et al.