Anthropometric Study of Craniofacial Parameters of Adult Population of Tribals of Mewar Region in Southern Rajasthan

Facial features differ amongst different races and ethnic groups. For evaluation of deviations in craniofacial morphology, standards of anthropometric measurements for a particular population should be established. The study was carried out to determine the mean values of facial, nasal, maxillary, mandibular and oro-facial heights of the adults of the Bheel – Meena tribes of Southern Rajasthan. 1000 subjects purely of the ethnic tribe group comprising of 500 males and 500 females, aged between 18 – 50 years were used for the study. The parameters were measured using a sliding vernier caliper. The resultant means of the measurements for the male populations were, for facial height 11.731 cm, nasal height 4.761 cm, maxillary height 2.011 cm, mandibular height 4.599 cm and oro-facial height 6.610 cm. The same readings for the females were 10.559 cm, 4.570 cm, 1.987 cm, 4.002 cm and 5.989 cm respectively. Statistical analysis using students ‘t’ test showed that the mean values of males had significantly higher values than the females in all facial parameters measured, except for maxillary height (p < 0.001). The data was found to be sexually dimorphic and the values thus obtained are recommended to the craniofacial surgeons, forensic experts and anthropologists