title: [Facial profile preferences: a cross-sectional survey].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this study is to identify facial profile preferences among Lebanese orthodontists, general dentists and laypersons.
  
  
  METHODS
  A lateral photograph of a young man and young woman with a class I skeletal relationship was used. Each photograph was manipulated, using Dolphin Imaging System®, to produce six other photographs in which anteroposterior variations in the position of the maxilla and/or the mandible were made. A total of 120 participants were asked to rank the photographs of each gender from most to least attractive.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The straight profile was the most favored in men and women; however more lip protrusion for women and maxillary retrusion for men are tolerated.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results represent the mean evaluation of a Caucasian society, this does not mean that every straight profile will be perceived as an attractive one. Hence the importance of an individualized treatment planning for a successful orthodontic treatment.
authors.forename: Marwan El
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Hélou
authors.forename: Adib
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kassis
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haddad
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ghoubril
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001504:Beauty; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003813:Dentistry; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007861:Lebanon; D008297:Male; D009970:Orthodontics