Osteometric Measures of Mandible on Its Various Aspects in South Indian Dry Skull

Introduction: Mandible is the single bone articulated with cranium forming a temporomandibular joint and it contributes to the lower jaw containing teeth. The mandible is composed of the body and the ramus.

Aim: Aim of this study is to find the distance between each parameter in different mandibles.

Materials and Methods: The present study has utilized 30 south indian dry skulls from the Anatomy Department of Anatomy, Saveetha Dental college. The following parameters are taken to measure by using vernier calipers. They are the maximum distance between the mandibular incisors, mandibular inter canine, mandibular 1st premolar, mandibular molar, mandibular coronoid process, mandibular condylar process, mandibular notch on either side. The results were analysed statistically by using t-test calculator in Graph pad.

Results: From the study it was observed that the mean distance between the mandibular incisors is 15.658 ± 1.642416 , mandibular inter canine 29.0025 ± 9.04636, mandibular 1st premolar 40.746 ± 2.543341, mandibular molar 62.076 ± 3.4988, mandibular coronoid process 85.8735 ± 5.10615, mandibular condylar process 103.013 ± 3.794, mandibular notch on either side 88.368 ± 3.5832 (Table 1 & Figs. 1-6).

Conclusion: The present study thus concluded that the morphometric analysis of the mandible is of utmost importance in determining the gender, anatomical studies, clinical and anthropometric studies.