Biomaterial Database

Chin, nose, and lips. Normal ratios in young men and women. 1994

G L Skinazi, and S J Lindauer, and R J Isaacson

Faculte de Chirurgie Dentaire de Paris V, Universite Rene Descartes.

Existing soft tissue analyses reference profile characteristics to lines determined by surface landmarks. This study uses surface landmarks only to define an area, and soft tissue profiles are analyzed in terms of the surface area of each component part present within this area. The profiles of 66 young adults were measured, and the mean total profile area and all of the component parts except the nose were statistically larger in the men than in the women. The mean female nose was larger, but this difference was not significant. On the basis of percentage contributions, the mean female nose contributed significantly more to the total mean female profile than the mean male nose did to the mean male total profile. The contribution of the mean male chin to the total mean male soft tissue profile was significantly larger than the contribution of the mean female chin to the total mean female profile. When compared by percent contributions, both the upper and lower lips of the men and women contributed nearly equally to their respective profiles. The overall result was that the mean female profile was more convex and the mean male profile was relatively straighter.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008046	Lip	Either of the two fleshy, full-blooded margins of the mouth.	Philtrum,Lips,Philtrums
D008297	Male		Males
D009666	Nose	A part of the upper respiratory tract. It contains the organ of SMELL. The term includes the external nose, the nasal cavity, and the PARANASAL SINUSES.	External Nose,External Noses,Nose, External,Noses,Noses, External
D012016	Reference Values	The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality.	Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D002680	Chin	The anatomical frontal portion of the mandible, also known as the mentum, that contains the line of fusion of the two separate halves of the mandible (symphysis menti). This line of fusion divides inferiorly to enclose a triangular area called the mental protuberance. On each side, inferior to the second premolar tooth, is the mental foramen for the passage of blood vessels and a nerve.	Mental Region,Mentum
D005145	Face	The anterior portion of the head that includes the skin, muscles, and structures of the forehead, eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks, and jaw.	Faces
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults