Comparison of facial heights between Iraqi Arab and Kurdish

Abstract EN

Aims : To investigate for any difference in facial height measurements between Iraqi Arabs and Kurds adolescents.

Materials and Methods : lateral cephalometric radiographs Of 42Arabic adolescents in Mosul city and 43 Kurdish adolescents in Arbil city were assessed for anterior and posterior facial height measurements.

Results: No significant difference was found in facial height measurements be-tween Arabic males and females.

In Kurds, males showed significantly higher facial measurements than females.

Kurdish adolescents had significantly greater facial height measurements than Arabic counterparts.

Conclusions : Our results revealed that there is an overall difference in the facial height measurements between Arabic and Kurdish Iraqi adolescents.