title: Quantification of negative aesthetic ratings in primary unrepaired unilateral cleft lip infants by modified paired comparison method.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To quantify negative aesthetic ratings in primary unrepaired cleft lip infants by further refining our previously reported paired comparison method.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Thurstone paired comparison method was used to quantify negative aesthetic ratings of plaster facial models selected and ordered according to a table of paired random numbers.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 30 facial models of unrepaired incomplete unilateral cleft lip infants were used in this study. Raters comprised 20 oral surgeons and anesthesiologists.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Quantification of aesthetic ratings for the 30 face models of unrepaired incomplete unilateral cleft lip infants was obtained. The ratings ranged from 0 to 5.08.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Quantification of the aesthetic ratings for the 30 face models will be used as objective variables in a multivariate analysis in the third stage of this ongoing study.
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uchiyama
authors.forename: Nobutaka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Ken-Ichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suga
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Ohhata
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hitoshi
authors.forename: Mutsumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takagiwa
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000473:pathology*; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008953:Models, Anatomic