Mean Nasal Index of Dental Students of A Dental College in Nepal

Shrestha, Ritee; Manandhar, Bipana; Upadhyay, Hari Prasad; Madhikarmi, Nirjala Laxmi

Article:
Mean Nasal Index of Dental Students of A Dental College in Nepal

creativeworkseries.issn	JNMA Print ISSN: 0028-2715; Online ISSN: 1815-672X
dc.contributor.author	Shrestha, Ritee
dc.contributor.author	Manandhar, Bipana
dc.contributor.author	Upadhyay, Hari Prasad
dc.contributor.author	Madhikarmi, Nirjala Laxmi
dc.date.accessioned	2026-08-31T06:16:14Z
dc.date.available	2026-08-31T06:16:14Z
dc.date.issued	2019
dc.description	Ritee Shrestha Department of Anatomy, Kantipur Dental College, Basundhara, Kathmandu, Nepal Bipana Manandhar Department of Anatomy, Kantipur Dental College, Basundhara, Kathmandu, Nepal Hari Prasad Upadhyay Department of Community Medicine, College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal Nirjala Laxmi Madhikarmi Department of Biochemistry, Kantipur Dental College, Basundhara, Kathmandu, Nepal
dc.description.abstract	Abstract Introduction: Human nose is one of the important anthropometric parameters for identification of ethnicity and sex of an individual of an unknown identity. The nasal index holds a great value in anthropological studies, because it is one of the anthropometric indices acknowledged in nasal surgery as well as management. The study aims to find the mean nasal index and the nose type of dental students of Kantipur Dental College of Nepal. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 140 dental students of age groups 17-25 years, in the Department of Anatomy, Kantipur Dental College Teaching Hospital and Research Center, Basundhara, Kathmandu. The studied population belongs to dental students of Kantipur Dental College and Research Centre. The nasal parameters including the nasal height, nasal width was measured using Digital Vernier Caliper and the nose was classified in three different types based on the value of nasal index. Results: The mean nasal index of total population was 81.34Â±14.88 mm with confidence interval range of 78.85 and 83.83 mm. Mesorrhine type of nose was found to be most common among the total population. Mean nasal index in male is 84.49Â±12.46 mm and in female is 80.66Â±15.32 mm. Conclusions: This study concludes that the mean values of nasal index of all the students falls under mesorrhine (medium) type of nose. Keywords: Mesorrhine; Nasal height; Nasal index; Nose type; Nasal width.
dc.identifier	https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.4208
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/7503
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Nepal Medical Association
dc.subject	Mesorrhine
dc.subject	Nasal height
dc.subject	Nasal index
dc.subject	Nose type
dc.subject	Nasal width
dc.title	Mean Nasal Index of Dental Students of A Dental College in Nepal
dc.type	Article
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