Volume : III, Issue : XI, November - 2013

Study of Cephalic Index Among the Students of Mumbai Region

Swapnali Khair, Deepika Bhandari, Swati Wavhal

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Cephalometry or measurement of human head is used in personal identification, forensic medicine, plastic surgery, orthodontics, archaeology and to examine the differences between races and ethnicities. Cephalic index is important parameter for deciding race and sex of an individual whose identity is unknown. There is a lesser amount of published literature about CI of Mumbai population. Head length, head eadth and CI were determined among the 100 individuals (students ranging in age from 17–23 years) of Mumbai origin. The mean CI calculated for males was 81.283, i.e. achycephalic and for females was 75.222, i.e. mesocephalic. The population studied is 36% mesocephalic, 26% dolicho cephalic, 20% hyperachycephalic and 18% achycephalic in the present study. On comparison with the existing literature the Mumbai community can be categorized as mesocephalic, the mean cephalic index is 78.481. The data presented will be useful for experts in forensic science and also useful in clinical, medico–legal, anthropological and archaeological scenarios.

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Swapnali Khair, Deepika Bhandari, Swati Wavhal / Study of Cephalic Index Among the Students of Mumbai Region / Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.3, Issue.11 November 2013

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