Mandibular Prominence and its Influence on Perception of Facial Attractiveness Golchha Vineet1,*, Sharma Pooja2, Paul Rahul3, Nayak US Krishna4a,4b 1Reader, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Inderprastha Dental College And Hospital, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad 2Assistant Professor, Amity Institute of Physiotherapy, Amity University, Noida 3Principal, Professor and Head Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Inderprastha Dental College And Hospital, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad 4aDean Academics- A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences 4bDean, Faculty of Dental Sciences - NITTE University Deralakatte, Mangalore *Corresponding Author: Dr. Vineet Golchha, Reader, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Inderprastha Dental College And Hospital, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad. Email: orthovineet@gmail.com, Phone numbers: 9990156222
Online published on 10 February, 2015. Abstract Context One of the main reason a patient is subjected to orthognathic surgery is to improve his or her facial esthetics. In these cases there is a lack of scientific evidence to guide the clinician on the range of skeletal discrepancy that is esthetically acceptable. Aims: In the present study a computer animated technique is used to determine the most aractive facial profile relationship and the differences in rating of Class II profiles and Class III profiles Method and Material The profile image of a patient whose main dentoskeletal cephalometric measurements matched the Eastman normal value (Mills 1987) was recorded on a cephalometric film. Using this nine computer images were generated and rated for facial attractiveness by a panel of one hundred judges selected from local population. Statistical Analysis Used Anova fischer test, Students unpaired ‘t’ test. Results The statistical analysis showed that the profile representing the Eastman normal SNB value (78 degrees) was rated as most aractive by laypeople from the local population. A Class III profiles were rated as more aractive than a Class II profile with similar amount of skeletal discrepancy. Conclusions Though treatment options for each patient are based on a number of factors from a psychological point of view the results of this study indicate that for layperson a mild Class III is more acceptable than a mild Class II, this may provide information that might influence the selection of optimal treatment plan. Top Keywords Mandibular prominence, facial attractiveness, perception of facial attractiveness. Top |