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Table 2, Sahni, Daisy

Table 2. Thickness of Facial Soft Tissues (mm): A Comparison of the Sahni et al. (2001) Observations With Those by Researchers in Other Countries (Phillips and Smuts 1996)

 

 

 

Landmarks

 Study (population)
Rhine and Campbell; Rhine et al.
African Americans American Caucasians Suzuki (Japanese) Phillips and Smuts
(mixed)		 Sahni et al. (northwest Indians)
Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women
Vertex - - - - - - - - 3.50 3.40
Supraglabella 4.75 4.50 4.25 3.50 3.00 2.00 5.36 4.88 3.60 3.40
Glabella 6.25 6.25 5.25 4.75 3.80 3.20 5.47 5.64 4.70 4.20
Nasion 6.00 5.75 6.50 5.50 4.10 3.40 4.00 4.68 5.10 4.60
End of nasal 3.75 3.75 3.00 2.75 2.20 1.60 2.88 2.78 2.10 2.10
Midphiltrum 12.25 11.25 10.00 8.50 - - 12.25 10.13 11.40 9.20
Upper lip margin 14.00 13.00 9.75 9.00 - - 13.16 13.63 9.60 8.60
Lower lip margin 15.00 15.50 11.00 10.00 - - 10.43 12.45 12.50 12.80
Chin-lip fold 12.00 12.00 10.75 9.50 10.50 8.50 12.02 11.70 9.60 9.50
Mental eminence 12.25 12.25 11.25 10.00 6.20 5.30 8.94 9.57 9.70 9.60
Beneath chin 8.00 7.50 7.25 5.75 4.80 2.80 6.61 6.47 6.40 6.60
Opisthocranion - - - - - - - - 6.40 6.30
Inion - - - - - - - - 8.60 8.00
Frontal eminence 8.75 8.00 4.25 3.50 - - 4.51 4.78 4.40 4.10
Supraorbital 4.75 4.50 8.25 7.00 4.50 3.60 5.46 5.79 5.80 5.60
Infraorbital 7.75 8.25 5.75 6.00 3.70 3.00 5.97 6.42 4.50 4.70
Porion - - - - - - - - 8.80 7.50
Gonion 14.75 14.25 11.50 12.00 6.80 4.00 14.20 13.50 9.90 9.70
Supra M2 22.00 21.25 19.50 19.25 14.50 12.30 12.68 12.99 18.90 18.80
Zygion 8.50 9.00 7.25 7.50 4.40 2.90 6.49 9.30 5.30 4.30
Whitnall's tubercle
(outer canthus)		 - - - - - - - - 6.10 5.80

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