Study of the Facial Index in Young Bulgarians by 3D laser Scanning

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to provide information about the type of face in young Bulgarian adults. The three-dimensional coordinates of several soft-tissue landmarks on the face were obtained using hand-held laser scanner in 95 healthy individuals (46 males and 49 females) of Bulgarian origin aged 21-30 years. From the landmarks bizygomatic breadth and morphological face height were calculated and averaged for sex. The face was classified into five different types based on the values of facial index, according to the categories of Garson. For morphological facial index most of the males fell in the categories mesoprosop -30.43 % and leptoprosop -26.09 % and females in the category leptoprosop -38.78%. Equal percentages of the females fell in the categories mesoprosop and hyperleptoprosop -26.53%. The data obtained in the present study can be used in aesthetic and maxillofacial surgery, forensic anthropology.