_Prognathism: Total_
Absent Subm. + ++ Total
No. % No. % No. % No. %
Fiji I 206 25 306 38 288 35 13 2 813
Interior 40 26 59 39 52 34 2 1 153
East 54 45 55 46 11 9 0 0 120
Coast 47 22 84 40 73 35 5 2 209
N.W. 18 23 29 37 32 41 0 0 79
Tonga 63 53 26 22 29 25 0 0 118
_Prognathism: Mid-Facial_
Absent Subm. + ++ Total
No. % No. % No. % No. %
Fiji I 517 64 184 23 109 13 3 1/2 813
Interior 133 87 15 10 5 3 0 0 153
East 100 83 17 14 3 3 0 0 120
Coast 122 58 49 23 37 18 1 1 209
N.W. 48 61 20 25 11 14 0 0 79
_Prognathism: Alveolar_
Absent Subm. + ++ Total
No. % No. % No. % No. %
Fiji I 798 98 9 1 4 1/2 2 0 813
Interior 153 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 153
East 120 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 120
Coast 207 99 0 0 1 1/2 1 1/2 209
N.W. 76 {96} 2 3 0 0 1 1 79
Slight and moderate total prognathism characterizes most Fijians but it
is pronounced in only 13 of the 813 subjects. A quarter of the series
show no prognathism. The eastern people are least prognathic with a zero
incidence of 45 per cent. The other regional sample are close to the
general condition.
Mid-facial prognathism has a submedium incidence of 23 per cent and a
medium of 13 per cent; the remainder lack the condition, except three
individuals who are pronounced.
The coastal and northwestern groups have more frequent medium
designations. Alveolar prognathism is almost entirely lacking in all
groups.
_Malar Projection: Lateral_
Absent Subm. + ++ +++ Total
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
Fiji I 1 0 2 0 264 32 543 67 3 0 813
Interior 0 0 0 0 62 41 91 59 0 0 153
East 0 0 0 0 25 21 95 79 0 0 120
Coast 0 0 0 0 68 33 141 67 0 0 209
N.W. 0 0 0 0 28 35 50 63 1 1 79
_Malar Projection: Frontal_
Absent Subm. + ++ Total
No. % No. % No. % No. %
Fiji I 4 1/2 0 0 709 87 100 12 809
Interior 0 0 0 0 139 91 14 9 153
East 0 0 0 0 103 86 17 14 120
Coast 1 0 0 0 181 87 27 13 209
N.W. 0 0 0 0 67 85 12 15 79
The facial contours generally include lateral malar projection;
two-thirds show a pronounced condition and the balance are medium. The
eastern people have high cheek bones oftener than do the others.
Frontal malar projection is also common but more often moderately so; 87
per cent show medium projection and 12 per cent are pronounced.
_Gonial Angles_
Subm. + ++ +++ Total
No. % No. % No. % No. %
Fiji I 24 3 459 56 325 40 5 1 813
Interior 0 0 97 63 55 36 1 1 153
East 1 1 65 54 54 45 0 0 120
Coast 7 3 110 53 90 43 2 1 209
N.W. 3 4 49 62 27 34 0 0 79
_Palate Shape_
Parabolic Sm. U Lg. U Square Total
No. % No. % No. % No. %
Fiji I 493 61 2 0 303 37 15 2 813
Interior 94 61 0 0 59 39 0 0 153
East 81 68 0 0 38 32 1 1 120
Coast 131 63 0 0 71 34 7 3 209
N.W. 50 63 1 1 27 34 1 1 79
A fairly strong tendency to well-developed gonial angles is indicated;
40 per cent show pronounced angles and nearly all the rest are medium.
These proportions hold pretty much for all groups.
Palate shape also attests to the well-developed jaws of Fijians; it is a
large U in 37 per cent of the subjects; 2 per cent are square and the
remainder parabolic.
_Chin Prominence_
Absent Subm. + ++ Total
No. % No. % No. % No. %
Fiji I 2 0 164 20 593 73 54 7 813
Interior 0 0 36 24 110 72 7 5 153
East 0 0 25 21 89 74 6 5 120
Coast 0 0 41 20 153 73 13 6 207
N.W. 1 1 11 14 55 70 9 11 76
_Chin Type_
Median Bilateral Total
No. % No. %
Fiji I 673 83 140 17 813
Interior 130 85 23 15 153
East 112 93 8 7 120
Coast 162 78 45 22 207
N.W. 62 82 14 18 76
A well-developed chin further typifies most Fijian faces; nearly
three-quarters have a moderate chin prominence, 7 per cent are
pronounced, and the remainder are submedium. This range is much the same
in the subgroups.
The chin is commonly median although 17 per cent have the bilateral
type. The bilateral chin is least frequent in Lau (7 per cent).