There is a difference in the position and dimensions of SOF /SON between different races and people of different regions. Anatomical knowledge of SON /SOF is important in facilitating local anesthetic, forehead lifting, blepharoplasty and other craniofacial surgical procedures.

Introduction:The morphometric measurements of the hard palate is very much essential while performing orthognathic surgeries, cleft palate surgery, for preoperative evaluation of patients with uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, Naso pharyngoscopy and nasogastric intubation. The precise knowledge on the location of greater palatine foramen is essential to block he maxillary nerve in pterygopalatine fossa for various diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Thus the study was conducted on the morphometric analysis of the hard palate and greater palatine foramen.

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