RESUMEN
Facial appearance is fundamental for communication and interaction with the environment. Attractiveness nowadays reported increasing interest and attention among different ethnicities and varying education level groups. Aim: To study the perception of facial profile attractiveness among Iraqi Orthodontists and Maxillofacial surgeons [as concerned dental professionals] compared to Iraqi lay-individuals. Digital facial profile images were taken for a young male and female, altered in 2 degrees of prognathism and retrognathism in 4, 8 mm for each jaw, and combinations, collecting 12 images each, which were [E-mailed] to a sample of 80 Iraqis [from the pool of Baghdad society]: 40 dental professionals [20 orthodontists, 20 maxillofacial surgeons], and 40 lay individuals, with equally distributed genders. Ratting was carried out for 24 images, scoring each on a numerical scale of 1-10 as the least to the most attractive profile. Significant difference in perception facial profile was found between genders [P<0.05] and among the groups with different dental education [P<0.001]. General agreement was established in all the sample groups on average facial profile to be the most attractive and on the most retrognathicmandibular profile to be the least attractive