title: Assessment of Facial Golden Proportions among North Maharashtri-an Population.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Divine Proportion in Orthodontics and Prosthodontics has always been intriguing. This was applied to the North Maharashtrian population to evaluate the relationship between facial esthetics and the golden proportions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Facial proportions were assessed by examining photographs of sum total of 300 subjects of North Maharashtrian population. Young adults with a skeletal and dental Class 1 occlusion, competent lips, and balanced facial proportion were selected. Photographic prints were taken and manually parameters were plotted and analysis was done.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The measurements of anterior facial height showed proportionality with the total facial height. The values showed shorter lower anterior facial height and deviation of facial width parameters from the divine proportion indicating small mouth, nose, and narrow-set eyes with respect to the inter-temporal width.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is soft-tissue facial balance of North Maharashtrian population in comparison with the golden proportion. However, certain parameters show some deviation from the divine proportion.. How to cite this article: Sunilkumar L N, Jadhav K S, Nazirkar G, Singh S, Nagmode P S, Ali F M. Assessment of Facial Golden Proportions among North Maharashtrian Population. J Int Oral Health 2013; 5(3):48-54.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, S.M.B.T Dental College, Amrutnagar, Ghulewadi, Sangamner, Dist: Ahmednagar. Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Sunilkumar
authors.forename: Kalpana S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Jadhav
authors.forename: Girish
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nazirkar
authors.forename: Shailendra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Pradnya S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Nagmode
authors.forename: Fareedi Mukram
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Ali
keywords: facial esthetics; facial height; facial width.; golden proportion; photographic evaluation