title: Skeletal asymmetry in esthetically pleasing faces.
abstract: An x-ray cephalographic method was used to analyze 52 exceptionally well-balanced white adult faces for skeletal asymmetry in the posteroanterior (PA) projection. Three frontal facial lines were constructed using bilateral skeletal landmarks: latero-superior orbit (LO), lateral zygoma (Zyg), and gonion (Go). All subjects demonstrated measurable asymmetries. Data showed less asymmetry and more dimensional stability as the cranium is approached. A slight tendency toward right-side dominance was not statistically significant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Mass.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peck
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Peck
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kataja
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002508:Cephalometry; D002680:Chin / Q000473:pathology; D004954:Esthetics; D005145:Face; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009915:Orbit / Q000473:pathology; D015050:Zygoma / Q000473:pathology