An Asian community's perspective on facial profile attractiveness

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-24

  Soh, Jen ^a,b   Chew, Ming Tak ^c   Wong, Hwee Bee ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c National Dental Centre of Singapore   (Singapore)

^d Clinical Trials and Epidemiology Research Unit   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Age; Ethnicity; Facial profile preferences; Gender; Laypersons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ATTITUDE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHINA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ESTHETICS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FACE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MAXILLA; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROGNATHIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROGNATHIA; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHINA; ESTHETICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MAXILLA; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROGNATHISM; RETROGNATHISM; SEX FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 33846440880     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2007.00304.x     Document Type: Review

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