"Comparison of mandibular angle morphometry between the ""beautiful face"" and ordinary face of young Han women" / 中华医学美学美容杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the difference of soft and hard tissues between beautiful face and ordinary face in young Han women for providing data basis for modification of lower facial contour.Methods 38 cases of young Han women were selected with craniofacial spiral CT scanning,three-dimensional reconstruction and histomorphometry of the mandibular angle region (12 cases of beautiful face and 26 cases of ordinary face).Results The difference of bony bigonial breadth,lower face width,angle of mandibular angle,mandibular branch width and height,the distance between the mandibular angle point and pogonion in mandibular angle region had statistical significance (P ＜ 0.05);the difference of mandibular angle thickness had no statistical significance (P＞0.05);the difference of masseter muscle length,width and thickness had statistical significance (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions In clinical lower facial contour modification practice,we can refer to the data of soft and hard tissue of mandibular angle region of beautiful face,combining with the specific circumstances of the pursuit of beautiful people and select the appropriate surgical approach for lower facial contour modification.