Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine if faces which fit the golden sections as proposed by Ricketts were considered more esthetic to the layman than faces which did not fit the golden sections as well.

Frontal facial photographs of 92 individuals from the normal occlusion sample of Andrews were measured for facial proportions according to Ricketts application of the golden section. Seven facial proportions were computed from the photographs. Ten photographs were selected, five of males and five of females, representing a range of mean percent deviation from the golden section proportion (1.618). Randomly arranged sets of these photographs were shown to 99 people ranging in age from 11 to 72 years. They were asked to rank the male and female sets of photographs in the order of esthetic facial appeal. Rank order correlations between the orders in which people ranked the photographs and the golden section rankings were determined.

The statistical analysis indicated that rankings of the photographs of women showed the closest correlation to the golden section ranking. The younger groups of observers showed better agreement with the golden section ranking than did the older group. Overall, the correlation between the ranking of photographs by observers and the golden section ranking was statistically significant at the .01 level. It was concluded that the golden section analysis of soft tissue proportions of the face does correlate with the people's judgment of facial esthetics.

LLU Discipline

Orthodontics

Department

Dentistry

School

Graduate School

First Advisor

J. Milford Anholm

Second Advisor

Lawrence E. McEwen

Third Advisor

Lee E. Olsen

Fourth Advisor

Thomas L. Robertson

Fifth Advisor

Gary A. Engel

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Degree Level

M.S.

Year Degree Awarded

1983

Date (Title Page)

1-1983

Language

English

Library of Congress/MESH Subject Headings

Esthetics, Dental; Face

Type

Thesis

Page Count

vii; 38

Digital Format

PDF

Digital Publisher

Loma Linda University Libraries

Usage Rights

This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Collection

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Collection Website

http://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/

Repository

Loma Linda University. Del E. Webb Memorial Library. University Archives

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