DETERMINATION OF ANATOMICAL TYPE OF HEAD AND FACE IN CHILDREN UNDER 6 YEARS IN AHWAZ

Cephalometry is an important branch of anthropology in which the dimensions of head andface can be determined. these dimensions are used to show indexes for studying brain growth andformation of all types of head and face. indexes are vary from 65 to 95 for head and 65 to105 for face,which are used to determine 4 international anatomic types of head and 5 international anatomic typesof face. the present study was carried out to determine all types of head and face among subjects agedless than 6 years. a total of 267(145 male and 131 female) children were enrolled in this study.convenience sampling was collected from kindergarten and preschool children. the subjectscategorized to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 months and 11 groups of 12-72 months. appropriate equipments wereused for measuring height and width of the head and face. the results of this study indicated thatbrachycephalic (38%) was the most common anatomical type of head, euryprosopic (38.6%) andhyperleptoprosopic type (4.5%) for face.