Análisis estético del perfil facial. Encuesta de percepción estética del perfil facial en una población española

  1. Martín Acosta, E.
  2. Rodríguez Lamolda, C.
  3. Reguera Sanz, F.
  4. Días Méndez, A.
  5. Macías Gago, A. 1
  6. Nieto Sánchez, I. 1
  1. 1 Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud San Rafael-Nebrija
Revista:
Ortodoncia española: Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Ortodoncia

ISSN: 0210-1637

Any de publicació: 2021

Volum: 59

Número: 2

Pàgines: 237-249

Tipus: Article

Altres publicacions en: Ortodoncia española: Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Ortodoncia

Resum

Aim: assess the esthetic perception on the facial profile based on the degree of chin retrusion/protrusion modified with Adobe Photoshop using a questionnaire. Material and method: laypeople and dentists (Age 32,5±7,8) assessed the images and classifi ed them according on an analog visual scale. The aesthetic scores were compared with the Wilcoxon signed range test and the static significance corrected according to Bonferroni’s method. Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests where performance for data analysis. Results: for female the best rated profile was the straight profile (p<0,001). However, for male the best rated profile was the one with the most protruded mandible (p<0,001). There are no differences in esthetic perception in any of the dependent variables: dentist, age, sex or orthodontic history (p>0,05). Conclusions: straight female profiles are rated better, where protrusive profiles are preferred for male. Male retrusive profiles are rated poorly.