Abstract
Introduction: The interest of facial esthetics is growing in orthodontics. Golden proportion has been intriguing in the field of esthetics. There is a need of evaluation of facial golden proportions in various population groups.Objective: To evaluate the relationship between facial parameters and golden proportion among patients for better treatment planning.Materials & Method: Cross-sectional study design was used. Out of 356 pre-treatment frontal photographs, skeletal and dental Class I (n=186) were differentiated on the basis of 0.7°≤ANB≤4.7° and molar relationship. Then samples were stratified according to research criteria (Class I=159). After standardization of photographs, printing was done. The landmarks were plotted on photographic prints and parameters were measured manually. Analysis was done using SPSS version 20.0.Result: Most of the facial height proportions TR-ME:LC-ME (1.66±.08), LC-ME:TR-LC (1.54±.09), TR-LN:LN-ME(1.58±.16),LC-CH:CH ME(1.57±.16) in frontal photographs of Class I were more close to the golden proportion. However, facial width proportions showed deviation from the golden proportion.Conclusion: The vertical proportions in the patients showed closer to the golden proportion compared to the width proportions, indicating more soft tissue balance in vertical height.
Highlights
The interest of facial esthetics is growing in orthodontics
The vertical proportions in the patients showed closer to the golden proportion compared to the width proportions, indicating more soft tissue balance in vertical height
The contemporary society places significant emphasis on physical appearance especially facial attractiveness, which is strongly related to social acceptance, psychological well-being, and the self-esteem of an individual.[1,2,3,4,5]
Summary
The interest of facial esthetics is growing in orthodontics. Golden proportion has been intriguing in the field of esthetics. The contemporary society places significant emphasis on physical appearance especially facial attractiveness, which is strongly related to social acceptance, psychological well-being, and the self-esteem of an individual.[1,2,3,4,5] So innumerable researches and experiments have been performed with the purpose of understanding esthetics in better aspect, based on every possible available platform, which will help us to improve and achieve the most acceptable esthetic values.[6,7,8,9,10] The most famous of these are based on the Golden Proportions.[9,11,12,13]. The famous mathematician Fibonacci from 12th century defined golden proportion as phi (φ), which was found to be 1.618.12
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