Soft-tissue facial characteristics of attractive and normal adolescent boys and girls

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 799-807

  Sforza, Chiarella ^a   Laino, Alberto ^b   D'Alessio, Raoul ^c   Grandi, Gaia ^a   Tartaglia, Gianluca Martino ^a   Ferrario, Virgilio Ferruccio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Face, adolescents; Soft tissues

Indexed keywords

EID: 50949097499     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 00033219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2319/091207-431.1     Document Type: Article

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