title: [Esthetics of face; development of a scale for the measurement of facial esthetics].
abstract: The aim of this study was to develop a measurement scale to quantify facial appearance. Four series of 36 facial photographs, boys and girls at two ages, were judged twice by three different panels by means of ratio estimation. Pearson's correlation coefficients were calculated to determine intra- and inter-observer agreement (median r = .78 and .71 respectively) as well as inter-panel agreement (median r = .84). Cronbach's alpha coefficients were established as a measure for the homogeneity within each jury panel (median alpha = .906). The results showed that reproducibility of the ratings as well as agreement between different observers were sufficient. Therefore, a mean overall score for each photograph could be calculated. Finally, for each group a metric scale was composed, consisting of five photographs with their scores.
authors.affiliation: Vakgroep Orthodontie van de Katholieke Universiteit te Nijmegen te Amsterdam.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Peerlings
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kuijpers-Jagtman
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Hoeksma
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001504:Beauty; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004955:Esthetics, Dental / Q000523:psychology*; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands; D015588:Observer Variation; D009970:Orthodontics / Q000592:standards*; D023861:Photography, Dental; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies