title: [The greatest horizontal contour-line of the face. Meeting of anthropology and maxillofacial surgery (author's transl)].
abstract: The greatest horizontal contour-line of the face is convex, passes through the malar bone and the external side of the zygomatic arch, and can be defined as the geometric connection of the facial points most distant from the median plane. The study of this facial line of greatest contour is particularly important in the case of fractures of the malar and zygomatic arch. The roentgenography of this line is done with an x-ray plate held parallel to the Reid line (orbital meatus) and the principal ascending radius passing through the middle of the line which connects the two gonions. This technique leads to extreme accuracy in the reduction of zygomato-malar fractures. The method can be used in the operating room.
mesh_terms: D000885:Anthropology, Physical; D044466:Asian People; D044383:Black People; D002508:Cephalometry; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D056948:Orthognathic Surgical Procedures; D011859:Radiography; D013008:Somatotypes; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D044465:White People; D015051:Zygomatic Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: La ligne du plus grand contour horizontal de la face. Rendez-vous de l'anthropologie et de la chirurgie maxillo-faciale.