Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: December | Volume: 6 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 288-293
An Anthropometric Analysis of Correlation of Occlusal Vertical Dimension to Measurements of Digits of Hand
Siddhi Tripathi1, Mansi Pandey2, Swatantra Agarwal3, Sharanya Gupta2, Ashish Sharma4
1Reader, 2Post-graduate student, 3Principal and Head,
Department of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, Kothiwal Dental College and Research Centre, Moradabad-244001, Uttar Pradesh, India
4Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Kothiwal Dental College and Research Centre, Moradabad-244001, Uttar Pradesh, India
Corresponding Author: Siddhi Tripathi
ABSTRACT
Purpose: The aim of the study was to assess the correlation between various anthropometric measurements of hand and the Vertical Dimension of Occlusion (VDO).
Methods: A total number of 500 dentate subjects were selected in a time span of six months for the study. The hand anthropometric measurements included the length of index finger, length of little finger, length of thumb and the distance between tip of thumb and tip of index finger for the left and the right hand. The distance between sub-nasale and base of chin was taken as control for assessing VDO. All measurements were recorded using a digital Vernier caliper with an accuracy of ± 0.01 mm.
Results: For males, the thumb length showed a highly significant correlation (Pearson correlation coefficient-0.258, p-value-<0.001) with the VDO. For females, the tip of thumb to tip of index finger length showed a highly significant correlation (Pearson correlation coefficient-0.306, p-value-<0.001) with the VDO. Accordingly regression formulae were derived.
Conclusions: In the absence of any pre-extraction records, thumb length in males and the tip of thumb to tip of index finger length in females can be used to derive the vertical dimension using the respective regression formulae reliably.
Key words: vertical dimension, anthropometry, denture, thumb, fingers
[PDF Full Text]