How to pinpoint the greater palatine foramen: a metrical analysis applied to a contemporary skeletal collection

Anatomy of greater palatine foramen has acquired a growing relevance in the fields of dentistry, maxillofacial surgery and otorhinolaryngology [1,2]. Several publications are available concerning the collocation of greater palatine foramen; however available literature has so far focused on few metrical measurements and has not yet performed a complete analysis for the localization of the greater palatine foramen. This study provides a novel approach to the metrical assessment of the position of the greater palatine foramen on 100 skulls belonging to the Milanese contemporary collection, based on six linear measurements and two angles. Possible differences according to sex and side were assessed through two-way ANOVA test (