title: Secular trends in face size.
abstract: Comparison of lateral and postero-anterior radiographs of parents and their adult children shows a differential secular trend in facial depths, heights, and breadths. Children tend to have deeper, longer, and narrower faces than their same-sex parents.
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Garn
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Hunter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002508:Cephalometry; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000254:growth & development; D005260:Female; D005823:Genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008445:Maxillofacial Development; D008875:Middle Aged