[Characteristics of lip-mouth region in smiling position from 80 adults with acceptable faces and individual normal occlusions]

Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi. 1997 Jul;32(4):230-2.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

The Characteristics of Lip-mouth region including the soft and hard tissues in smiling position with frontal fixed position photographic computered analysis was studied. The examples were 80 adults (40 males and 40 females) with acceptable faces and individual normal occlusions. The age was between 17-25 years of age. The method adopting maximum smiling position to study the lip-mouth region is scientific, and the maximum smile line could be divided into three categories: low smile line-a-counted for 16.25% of the total samples; average smile line--68.75%; high smile line--15%.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Anthropometry
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Lip / anatomy & histology*
  • Lip / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Mouth / anatomy & histology*
  • Mouth / diagnostic imaging
  • Radiography
  • Smiling*
  • Tooth / anatomy & histology*
  • Tooth / diagnostic imaging