A comparative assessment of the perception of Chinese facial profile esthetics

Soh, Jen; Chew, Ming Tak; Wong, Hee-Kit

doi:10.1016/j.ajodo.2004.02.018

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“…Preference for a Class I profile has also been reported amongst the Caucasian women [21]. Soh et al reported that dental students and laypersons ranked a male profile with retrusive mandible more attractive than dental professionals [22]. Studies by Perrett et al and Penton-Viak et al have also reported that both British and Japanese females prefer a more ''feminised'' male face and a short lower jaw [23,24].…”

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Ideals of Facial Beauty Amongst the Chinese Population: Results from a Large National Survey

Samizadeh

2018

Aesth Plast Surg

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Surgical and non-surgical aesthetic treatments are very popular throughout Asia and in particular in China. With the globalisation and immigration of Chinese people to other countries where many seek treatment from Western-trained doctors, it is important to understand the ideals of beauty amongst Chinese people so as to achieve optimal results. We conducted an online survey to understand the preference of Han Chinese laypersons for facial shape, profile (straight, convex, concave), jaw angle and shape, and shape of the chin, nose, and lips. In addition, the participants were asked about their educational level, geographic location, likelihood to have cosmetic surgery, preference for surgical or non-surgical cosmetic procedures and whether ''being beautiful'' would affect their daily life. A total of 1417 responses were collected from 599 male and 818 female participants, the majority of them who were 25-35 years old (58.93%). The responses showed that the majority of participants preferred an oval face shape, with a smoothly tapered jaw angle for both men and women, round and pointy chin for both genders, straight to concave nose profile and full lips with well-defined cupid's bow. Most responders indicated they were not willing to undergo cosmetic surgery; however, when given a choice between surgical and non-surgical cosmetic procedures, 82.22% of the participants preferred non-surgical procedures. The majority of respondents (83%) thought that being beautiful has an effect on daily life and improves quality of life. Level of Evidence V This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the

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Ideals of Facial Beauty Amongst the Chinese Population: Results from a Large National Survey

Samizadeh

2018

Aesth Plast Surg

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“…[15][16][17][18][19][20] Studies in the literature have shown varied results regarding differences in the perception of facial attractiveness by clinicians and laypersons. However, comparison between studies must be done with care because methods may differ significantly, particularly with regard to the use of line profile drawings or photographs.…”

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“…Studies have shown that the perception of facial profile esthetics differs between patients, peers, and dental professionals. [15][16][17][18][19][20] It has also been suggested that clinicians could be more sensitive to certain aspects of the profile than laypersons and vice versa. Specific areas that may not be very crucial to the layperson may actually be very crucial to the clinicians.…”

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Outcome of Orthognathic Surgery in Chinese Patients

Chew

Sandham

Soh

et al. 2007

The Angle Orthodontist

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Objective: To evaluate the outcome of orthognathic surgery by objective cephalometric measurement of posttreatment soft-tissue profile and by subjective evaluation of profile esthetics by laypersons and clinicians. Materials and Methods: The sample consisted of 30 Chinese patients who had completed combined orthodontic and orthognathic surgical treatment. The posttreatment cephalograms of these patients were analyzed with respect to profile convexity, facial height, and lip contours and these were compared to the previously established esthetic norms. Line drawings of the soft-tissue profile were displayed to a panel comprising six laypersons and six clinicians who scored the esthetics of each profile using a 7-point scale.Results: Complete normalization of cephalometric soft-tissue variables was not achieved with orthognathic surgery in most patients, with four of the six soft-tissue cephalometric measurements showing significant differences compared to the esthetic norms. There were good correlations in the esthetic scores between laypersons and clinicians, even though clinicians tend to rate the profiles more favorably. Facial convexity and facial height did not significantly influence the subjective scores of both the laypersons and clinicians. Lower lip protrusion was the only cephalometric variable that significantly influenced clinicians' assessment of profile esthetics (P Ͻ .01). Conclusions: Profile convexity and lower facial height proportion had little influence on both lay and professional perception of profile esthetics. Lower lip position is the only cephalometric variable that significantly influenced clinicians' assessment of profile esthetics.

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“…The present study showed no influence whatever of gender on the evaluations, however, there were statistically significant differences with regard to age (RODEN-JOHNSON et al, 2005;SOH et al, 2005;RODRIGUES et al, 2009).…”

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Black spaces between maxillary incisors: what is the aesthetic limit?

Pithon¹,

Santos²,

Barreto³

et al. 2015

Biosci. J.

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ABSTRACT:The focus of this article was evaluates the degree of perception of laypersons of different age groups with respect to smile esthetics in cases involving black spaces between maxillary incisors. Changes were made in a photograph of a smiling female patient, simulating various configurations of black spaces between maxillary incisors. For this purpose an image manipulation Photoshop CS3 was used. For evaluation black spaces of 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, and 2.5 mm in size were created. After digital manipulation, the photographs were printed on photographic paper, attached to a questionnaire, and distributed among laypersons in the age groups of 15-19; 35-44, and 65-74. To evaluate the degree of esthetics, a scale of attractiveness was used, in which a score of 0 would represent ''not very attractive'', 5 ''attractive'' and 10 ''very attractive''. Fisher's exact test, Kruskal-Wallis test and Mann-Whitney test was used (P<0.05). Results showed that the photographs without black space and with black space of 2.5 mm were scored as the most and least attractive, respectively, by all the age groups. The degree of perception of black spaces between maxillary incisors gradually diminished as the age of the groups increased (P<0.05). Black spaces have a negative repercussion on smile esthetics, perceived more easily by younger persons. The larger the black space, less attractive the smile.

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A comparative assessment of the perception of Chinese facial profile esthetics

Cited by 99 publications

References 37 publications

Ideals of Facial Beauty Amongst the Chinese Population: Results from a Large National Survey

Ideals of Facial Beauty Amongst the Chinese Population: Results from a Large National Survey

Outcome of Orthognathic Surgery in Chinese Patients

Black spaces between maxillary incisors: what is the aesthetic limit?

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