A comparison of the adult Swedish and Danish craniofacial morphology

Two Scandinavian studies of craniofacial morphology (Ingerslev & Solow 1975, Sarnäs & Solow 1980) provided an opportunity to compare the facial profile in young adult Swedes and Danes. The Swedish and Danish samples were similar with regard to age distribution, sample size, dental conditions and radiographic procedures. For each sex, 32 skeletal dimensions were common to both studies, and were compared by t-tests. There was a tendency for the average linear dimensions of the Swedish males to be larger than those of the Danish males, whereas the average linear dimensions of the Swedish females tended to be smaller than those of the Danish females. Both Swedish males and females showed a larger average inclination of the mandibular plane in relation to the anterior cranial base and palatal plane than the Danes, and a smaller inclination of the lower incisors to the mandibular plane.