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The Role of Ideal Angles, Ratios, and Divine Proportions in Aesthetic Evaluation of Adolescents

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Abstract

Objectives

The aim of our study was to investigate whether the parameters of ideal angles, ratios, and divine proportions that have been previously mentioned in the literature influence the aesthetic evaluation of Turkish adolescents.

Materials and Methods

A total of sixty patients (30 males and 30 females) were enrolled in this study. Ages of the subjects ranged from 9 to 17. Pre-treatment extra-oral photographs were taken to evaluate facial aesthetics. Two distinct panels consisting of 50 orthodontists and 50 laypersons were created for scoring the photographs of the patients. Scoring was performed using the VAS scale. Twenty-seven ratios and 19 divine proportions were measured in frontal photographs, and 26 angles were measured in profile photographs.

Results

Pearson correlation was used to determine the relationship between the photograph analysis measurements and VAS scores, and then regression analyses were performed to disclose to what extent significant values may warrant the term beauty.

Conclusion

As a result of our investigations, none of the golden proportions was associated with facial aesthetics according to both orthodontists and laypersons. According to other angles and ratios that were measured, it was determined that orthodontists noticed the sagittal position of the lower jaw, the distance between the eyes and length of the face, whereas laypersons noticed only the distance between the eyes and length of the face.

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  1. Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Inönü University, Malatya, Turkey

    Siddik Malkoc

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    Ahmet Fidancioglu

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Malkoc, S., Fidancioglu, A. The Role of Ideal Angles, Ratios, and Divine Proportions in Aesthetic Evaluation of Adolescents. Aesth Plast Surg 40, 1–12 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-015-0581-x

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