The

beautiful Orthodontics
Face 2001
The Next
Odyssey
Malcolm E. Meistrell, Jr., D.D.S.

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 Beauty Beauty

Every culture is a
A Pleasure to the

BEAUTY culture senses

Esthetics ESTHETICS

A branch of
A Study of Beauty

philosophy that
Application of
gives way to Beauty and its
science Psychological
Response

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Notion of beauty LOCAL
FASHIONS

Transcends
Rest on bedrock
Culture of shared
preferences

Looking good

A universal
human obsession

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 PHYSICAL
Physical beauty
BEAUTY

Why do we put so
How do we
much stock in it? perceive it?

Outward
beauty
ATTRACTIVENESS

May be a
reliable indicator
Certifies biological
of underlying quality
quality

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 Judgement Of JUDGEMENT
Beauty OF BEAUTY

Observation of
Visceral attention
another to small variations

Size

Do you want your

Symmetry of facial
children to carry
bones
his/her genes?

Body weight

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 Average faces

More pleasing
than faces with
features that
deviate from
the norm

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 Extremely FEATURES OF
beautiful people ATTRACTIVENESS

Share exceptional
Large Eyes

qualities
High Cheekbones

Body symmetry
Narrow Jaw

Facial symmetry

Average-ness

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Ideal male faces

Broad
forehead

Prominent
brow and
cheekbones

Large jaw
and strong
chin

Ideal female
face

Forehead
higher than
average

Fuller lips

Shorter jaw

Smaller chin
and nose

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 EGYPTIAN
PROPORTIONAL
STANDARD

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Facial Analyses
of Leonardo
and Durer

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Profile analysis
lines

Burstone- B line

Holdaway- H Line

Ricketts- E Line

Steiner- S Line

Sushner- S’ Line

Merrifield- Profile
Line, Z angle

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 Burstone line Holdaway H-
Line

Soft tissue
Upper lip- Soft
subnasale- soft Tissue Pogonion
tissue pogonion

Ricketts E-Line Steiner S-Line

Tip of nose- soft
Soft Tissue

tissue pogonion Pogonian-
Center Shape
Curve
Between tip of
nose and
Subnasale

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 Merrifield -
Sushner S’ Line Profile Line, Z
Angle

Profile Line-

Soft Tissue
Nasion- Soft Soft Tissue Pog-
Most Prominent Lip
Tissue Pogonion

Z Angle-
Frankfort Horizontal
- Profile Line

Smile Line

How much
Gingiva?

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Frontal analysis

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 Nasocillary Line

Nasal Length

Length from Nasion to Nasal Tip

Should be Approximately 1.5 Times
Width at Base

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 Midline

A Vertical line
Drawn through the
Forehead, Nose,
Upper Lip
(columnella),
Dental Midline
and Chin that
Divides the Face
in Hair

Facial Thirds

Face Horizontally
Divided Into
Thirds with Lines
Drawn at Hairline,
Eyebrows, Base
of Nose and Chin

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Lower face third

1/3 from base of

nose to where lips
meet

2/3 from where
lips meet to
bottom of chin

Ala base

Width of Nose at
Nostrils Equals
one Eye Width

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 Rule of fifths

Perfect Face
Width is Five
Times the Width
of One Eye

Width of the
mouth

Should Equal the
distance between
the Limbus of the
Eyes

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 Frankfort
Horizontal (1)

A Line from the
top of the External
Auditory Canal to
the Infraorbital
Rim

“O” Meridian (II)

Gonzales- lloa Line

A Line from Soft
Tissue Nasion
Perpendicular to
Frankfort Horizontal

Soft Tissue Poroion-
0 ± 3 mm to line

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Maxillary Depth (III)

Perpendicular to
Frankfort Plane
that connects N
and A = O

Angle of Facial
Convexity (IV)

Angle Formed by
Soft Tissue
Glabella,
Subnasale, and
Soft Tissue
Pogonian

Ideal is 11
degrees

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Nasolabial Angle (V)

Line Tangent to Inferior
Aspect of Nose through
Subnasale

Line from Subnasale
Tangent to Upper Lip

Males - Angle = 90-95

Females - Angle = 100-
105

Upper Lip to Incisal

Edge

1-4 mm at rest

2/3 of Entire
Clinical Crown-
Smiling

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 Interlabial gap Upper Lip

0-3 mm when the
Males- 22 mm

lips are relaxed
Females- 20 mm

Harmonic Equation

Beauty lies in Proportion

Facial analysis
Ideal or Standard is needed
with
Best Order is found at the
the golden Peak of the Curve
proportion
Biology is the Same for all
Races

Locate the Most Treatable
Dysplasia

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 25 YEAR OLD
Facial features FEMALE

We obsess over
Abundant lips of a
the ones which 14 year old
diverge in males
Delicate jaw of an
and females at 11 year old
puberty
Relatively
prominent eyes
and cheekbones

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