Lew K K
Department of Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Asian J Aesthet Dent. 1994;2(1):35-8.
Cephalometric data from 105 female subjects (35 Chinese, 35 Malay and 35 Indian) with good occlusion and aesthetic pleasing facial profiles (determined by a trained clinician and endorsed by the lay public) were analysed using the Steiner analysis. Statistical analysis of the data showed that while the cephalometric ideals of the Chinese and the Malay ethnic groups were rather similar, cephalometric differences existed between the Chinese and Indians as well as the Malays and Indians. Compared to the Chinese and Malays, the Indians appeared to have less prognathic mandibles and maxillae, less protrusive and proclined upper and lower incisors and also less protrusive upper and lower lips. These differences demonstrate intrinsic ethnic differences and emphasize the need to treat patients of different ethnic groups using cephalometric norms which are peculiar to their own group.
对105名具有良好咬合和美观面部轮廓的女性受试者（35名中国人、35名马来人和35名印度人）的头影测量数据（由一名训练有素的临床医生确定并得到公众认可）进行了Steiner分析。数据的统计分析表明，虽然中国人和马来族的头影测量理想值相当相似，但中国人和印度人之间以及马来人和印度人之间存在头影测量差异。与中国人和马来人相比，印度人的下颌骨和上颌骨前突较少，上、下切牙的突出和倾斜程度较小，上、下唇的突出程度也较小。这些差异表明了种族内在差异，并强调需要使用针对不同种族群体的头影测量标准来治疗不同种族的患者。
