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Ranking of Facial Profiles among Asians
Author(s) -
Lew K.K.K.,
Soh George,
Loh Eugene
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of esthetic and restorative dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.919
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1708-8240
pISSN - 1496-4155
DOI - 10.1111/j.1708-8240.1992.tb00679.x
Subject(s) - attractiveness , medicine , facial attractiveness , orthognathic surgery , dentistry , orthodontics , ranking (information retrieval) , psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence , psychoanalysis
The purpose of this study was to determine the facial profile preferences in a sample of 1,189 Asian teenagers (aged 15.3 ± 3.2 years). Five facial profile types were computer‐generated by trained personnel (orthodontists and oral maxillofacial surgeons) to represent distinct facial types. Subjects were asked to rank the profiles in descending order of attractiveness. The ranking was as follows: orthognathic profile, bimaxillary retrusive profile, bimaxillary protrusive profile, mandibular retrognathic profile, and mandibular prognathic profile. The differences in rank scores between all the profile types were statistically significant (p < 0.05). Assessment of profile types among lay personnel could provide clinicians an indication into the relative attractiveness among profile types and health care workers in treatment prioritization among dysmorphic facial types.