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The Journal Fig 1 : Vernier Digital Calliper The mesiodistal diameters of teeth till 1st molar on both sides were measured individually from mesial contact point to the distal contact point at the greatest interproximal distance. The individual tooth diameters calculated above were summed to derive the anterior (canine to canine), and overall (1st molar to 1st molar) arch segment values. Overall and anterior Bolton ratios were calculated according to the equation .To determine the errors associated with measurements, 50 dental casts were selected randomly. Their measurements were repeated 1 week after the first measurements. A paired t test was applied to the first and second measurements. All statistical analyses were performed with a software package (Statistical Package for Social Sciences, Windows 98, version 10.0, SPSS, Chicago, Ill). For each variable, mean, standard deviation, minimum, and maximum values were calculated separately for men and women. Table-1 describes the t-statistics. Statistical analysis of these results showed no significant difference between the Punjabi male and female OR and AR Table 2 : Comparing overall ratio of Punjabi and Caucasian subjects 31 29 23 22 10 3 1 21 20 Vol. 13 12 No. 1 2 3 May-August Sept-Dec 2017 Jan-April 2016 2016