The use of anthropometric proportion indices in the measurement of facial attractiveness

Edler, R.; Agarwal, Pragati; Wertheim, David; Greenhill, D.

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“…9 The terminology used to describe the craniofacial complex stemmed from classical anthropometry, which employs measurements taken in living individuals and human skulls as well as indices that represent facial proportions. 10,12 The most common among these is the cranial index (which classifies skull types as brachycephalic, mesocephalic and dolichocephalic), and the facial index (which classifies the face as euryprosopic, mesoprosopic and leptoprosopic). 11,13 Despite the need to standardize the terminology, in orthodontics one still notes a wide range of terms to describe the various facial types.…”

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“…17,18 Many of these neoclassical principles are used today in the arts and medicine. 17,18,19 The physical anthropology, or anthropometry, provide a scientific foundation to these concepts with a view to evaluating the dimensions and proportions of the human body. 17 It was only when anthropometric methods were adopted in clinical practice to quantify changes in the craniofacial structure that a wide diversity of human phenotypes and specific features that differentiate individuals and ethnic groups emerged.…”

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Brachycephalic, dolichocephalic and mesocephalic: is it appropriate to describe the face using skull patterns?

Catharino

Araújo²,

Vogel³

et al. 2013

Dental Press J. Orthod.

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The use of a standardized terminology in the medical sciences is essential for both clinical practice and scientific research. In addition to facilitating communication between professionals, it enhances the reliability of comparisons made between studies from different areas, thereby contributing to a higher level of scientific evidence. Examples of attempts made to standardize the terminology in other areas dedicated to the study of craniofacial morphology can be found in the literature. On the other hand, one can find in the orthodontic literature a variety of terms that render the consensus and communication between orthodontists and other researchers even more problematic. As an example, one could cite the use of the terms brachyfacial, mesofacial and dolichofacial, which form part of a cranial index terminology used to describe facial types. Thus, a reflection on the origin and differences of the terms used to describe the human facial phenotype may pave the way toward a consensus regarding the meaning that best represents the craniofacial patterns.Keywords: Face. Terminology. Classification. » The authors report no commercial, proprietary or financial interest in the products or companies described in this article. A padronização da nomenclatura utilizada nas ciências médicas é fundamental tanto para a prática clínica quanto para a pesquisa científica. Além de facilitar a comunicação entre os profissionais, aumenta a confiabilidade da comparação entre trabalhos de diferentes áreas, favorecendo um melhor nível de evidência científica. Exemplos de esforços, em áreas também voltadas ao estudo da morfologia craniofacial, no sentido de uniformização da terminologia podem ser encontrados na literatura médica. Por outro lado, observa-se na literatura ortodôntica uma diversidade de termos que torna mais difícil o consenso e a comunicação entre ortodontistas e demais pesquisadores. Como exemplo, pode-se citar o uso dos termos braquifacial, mesofacial e dolicofacial, terminologia relativa ao índice craniano utilizada para descrever o tipo facial. Sendo assim, a reflexão sobre a origem e diferenças dos termos utilizados para descrever o fenó-tipo facial humano pode ser útil ao consenso do significado que melhor representa o padrão craniofacial.Palavras-chave: Face. Terminologia. Classificação.

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Brachycephalic, dolichocephalic and mesocephalic: is it appropriate to describe the face using skull patterns?

Catharino

Araújo²,

Vogel³

et al. 2013

Dental Press J. Orthod.

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“…The coordinates were read by a MATLAB script in order to obtain the measurements showed in Fig. 1 [4], also the calculation of the indices (Table 2), 20 indices were selected [5] according to the measurements that we performed. Furthermore, a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was performed on the indices data.…”

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Comparative morphometry of facial surface models obtained from a stereo vision system in a healthy population

Lopez

Gastélum

Chan

et al. 2014

AIP Conference Proceedings

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Abstract. Our goal is to obtain three-dimensional measurements of craniofacial morphology in a healthy population, using standard landmarks established by a physical-anthropology specialist and picked from computer reconstructions of the face of each subject. To do this, we designed a multi-stereo vision system that will be used to create a data base of human faces surfaces from a healthy population, for eventual applications in medicine, forensic sciences and anthropology. The acquisition process consists of obtaining the depth map information from three points of views, each depth map is obtained from a calibrated pair of cameras. The depth maps are used to build a complete, frontal, triangular-surface representation of the subject face. The triangular surface is used to locate the landmarks and the measurements are analyzed with a MATLAB script. The classification of the subjects was done with the aid of a specialist anthropologist that defines specific subject indices, according to the lengths, areas, ratios, etc., of the different structures and the relationships among facial features. We studied a healthy population and the indices from this population will be used to obtain representative averages that later help with the study and classification of possible pathologies.

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“…Lower jaw and orolabial anthropometry can also be used in plastic and reconstructive surgery, oral surgery and dentistry. To treat any congenital or posttraumatic disfigurements in members of different ethnic groups successfully, surgeons require access to the normative measurements of that group 3 for precise determination of the degree of deviations from the normal and to assess any improvement achieved through treatment 4 .…”

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Lower Jaw and Orolabial Analysis in Adult Bangladeshi Buddhist Chakma Females

Mostafa

Banu

Sultana³

2013

Chatt Maa Shi Hosp Med Coll J

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Background: It is well accepted that a single standard of craniofacial norms is not appropriate for application to diverse racial and ethnic groups, even for different sex and ages in same ethnic group. So it is necessary to develop craniofacial norms for different groups based on above factors. The present study was designed to establish the baseline measurements of the lower jaw and orolabial anthropometrical parameters and indices, and also to evaluate the differences (if any) on age related morphological variations of adult Bangladeshi Buddhist Chakma females. Methods: The study was descriptive, observational and cross-sectional in nature with some analytical components. The study group consisted of a convenient sample of 100 adult Bangladeshi Buddhist Chakma females; categorized into two groups -25 to 35 years (n = 70) and 35 to 45 years (n = 30). Variables were measured using physical and photographic procedures. Indices were calculated from those variables. An independent "t" test was performed to evaluate if there was any significant difference in measurements between the two age groups setting a p value of <0.05 as statistically significant. Results: All measurements show statistically non significant difference between two age groups except philtrum length (p = 0.02) and upper vermilion height to philtrum length index (p = 0.03). Conclusions: The result of this study can be useful for anatomists and anthropologists to serve as a basic framework for estimating the standard of lower jaw and orolabial dimensions of this population and also to compare the craniofacial dimensions of other ethnic groups of Bangladesh with this ethnic group.

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The use of anthropometric proportion indices in the measurement of facial attractiveness

Cited by 87 publications

References 29 publications

Brachycephalic, dolichocephalic and mesocephalic: is it appropriate to describe the face using skull patterns?

Brachycephalic, dolichocephalic and mesocephalic: is it appropriate to describe the face using skull patterns?

Comparative morphometry of facial surface models obtained from a stereo vision system in a healthy population

Lower Jaw and Orolabial Analysis in Adult Bangladeshi Buddhist Chakma Females

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