A Trial of Facial Form Evaluation of Maxillofacial Deformity

Abstract

At present, clinical diagnosis of maxillofacial deformity is conducted by each institution independently and a unified classification method has not been found. Therefore, it was attempted to diagnose 26 patients who were randomly chosen using their front-facial and profile pictures from five separate institutions. It was suggested that subjective factors at each institution be included to evaluate facial form classification. Our facial form classification chart was prepared to standardize clinical diagnosis and reevaluated so that the proposed classification system could be incorporated into the clinical diagnosis method.
It is considered that the use of this chart would enable simple diagnosis of facial form without complicated analysis. The tentative plan of a facial form classification chart and facial form classification applied to the selected patients was presented. Comments regarding the proposal are solicited.