Comparative study between the Subjective Facial Analysis and the Soft Tissue Cephalometric Analysis on the orthodontic diagnosis

Renata FERES, Maria Helena Ferreira VASCONCELOS

Aim: To evaluate the agreement between the Subjective Facial Analysis, proposed by Capelozza Filho, and the Soft Tissue Cephalometric Analysis, proposed by Arnett and McLaughlin. Methods: Fifty standardized frontal and lateral photographs and fi fty cephalometric x-rays were used, in a sample with a mean age of 24 years and 1 month. After that it was verifi ed, on the Pattern I patients, the correspondence of the values found on this sample with the ones proposed by the Soft Tissue Cephalometric Analysis normative values. Results: It was demonstrated that the lips are always positioned ahead the True Vertical Line, and that, despite the variation of the pogonion point, the facial equilibrium is still maintained. Conclusion: The results related to the Subjective Facial Analysis showed that this is a valid and effi cient method of Facial Pattern classifi cation.

Keywords: Facial analysis. Cephalometry. Soft tissue.

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