title: [A comparative study of soft tissue cephalometric of normal occlusion between the middle-old-aged people and the young people].
abstract: In this study the soft tissue cephalometric data of normal occlusion between 39 middle-old-aged people and 30 young people were compared. The results indicated: the upper lips of adults were getting thinner and longer, the soft tissues of lower lips and chins were getting thicker, so that the profiles changed obviously with the increasing of ages.
authors.affiliation: First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, China.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002508:Cephalometry; D003766:Dental Occlusion; D005145:Face / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography