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Horizontal Angular Asymmetry of the Face in Korean Young Adults With Reference to the Eye and Mouth

Authors
 Wu-Chul Song  ;  Ki-Seok Koh  ;  Byoung-Young Choi  ;  Jung-Cheol Park  ;  Hee-Jin Kim  ;  Kyung-Seok Hu  ;  Sang-Hyun Kim 
Citation
 JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, Vol.65(11) : 2164-2168, 2007 
Journal Title
JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY
ISSN
 0278-2391 
Issue Date
2007
MeSH
Adolescent ; Adult ; Cephalometry/methods ; Eye/pathology* ; Eyelids/pathology ; Facial Asymmetry/diagnosis* ; Female ; Humans ; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted/methods ; Korea ; Lip/pathology ; Male ; Mouth/pathology* ; Photography/methods ; Sex Factors
Abstract
PURPOSE:
Organs and structures develop symmetrically, but various degrees of asymmetry can also develop because of the effects of function and disease. The human face is often asymmetrical, but faces can be perceived as beautiful even if they are asymmetrical. The purpose of the present study was to investigate horizontal angular asymmetry of the face.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:
The angle between the horizontal line through the bilateral exocanthions and the line though the bilateral mouth corners of the face was measured on standardized frontal facial photographs of 1,282 volunteers (18 to 29 years of age; 761 males, 521 females).
RESULTS:
The magnitude of the angle was 0.2 +/- 1.4 and 0.3 +/- 1.3 degrees (mean +/- SD) in males and females, respectively. Faces were classified into 3 types relative to the parallel type. The incidence of the parallel type, the right-dominant type (>/=1 degree), and the left-dominant type (CONCLUSION:
Our findings concur with those of previous studies of facial asymmetry and suggest that measurement of horizontal angulations of frontal photographs of faces can be used to assess facial asymmetry.
Full Text
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278239106021082
DOI
10.1016/j.joms.2006.11.018
Appears in Collections:
2. College of Dentistry (치과대학) > Dept. of Oral Biology (구강생물학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Hee Jin(김희진) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1139-6261
Hu, Kyung Seok(허경석) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9048-3805
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/96504
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