The Perception Of Facial Profile Attractiveness By Changing The Lower Facial Vertical And Antero-Posterior Proportion

The Perception Of Facial Profile Attractiveness By Changing The Lower Facial Vertical And Antero-Posterior Proportion

Authors

  • Pratik Gandhi
  • Kalpesh Patel
  • Padmaja Sharma Arora
  • Nikunj Patel
  • Kalpesh Patel

Keywords:

Facial profile image, esthetics, preference, the questionnaire

Abstract

Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the influence of changing the antero-posterior and vertical facial proportions on attractiveness rankings and to determine if these rankings would be influenced by gender and profession of the evaluators. Facial profile images were used as a mean of stimulus presentation. It has been shown that photographs provide valid, reproducible and representative ratings of dental and facial appearance. Objective: This study was to determine what Indian society considers optimal for facial attractiveness and whether this preference is affected by gender and profession. Method: Total 500 evaluators were selected for this study, from which 250 evaluators were dentist and 250 evaluators were non-dentist. Conclusion: At the end of the study it was concluded that the male and female profile images with average lower facial height consider as a most attractive by the both the groups. The class – II profile image of male and female profiles consider as a more attractive than class- III profile images. [Pratik G NJIRM 2016; 7(6): 59-68]

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Published

2018-02-08

How to Cite

Gandhi, P., Patel, K., Arora, P. S., Patel, N., & Patel, K. (2018). The Perception Of Facial Profile Attractiveness By Changing The Lower Facial Vertical And Antero-Posterior Proportion: The Perception Of Facial Profile Attractiveness By Changing The Lower Facial Vertical And Antero-Posterior Proportion. National Journal of Integrated Research in Medicine, 7(6), 59–68. Retrieved from http://www.nicpd.ac.in/ojs-/index.php/njirm/article/view/1394

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 6 (2016)

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Original Articles