PURPOSE: to correlate the cephalometrical findings with the ones from facial analysis performed by means of photographs to classify facial type, according to the gender. METHODS: 105 leukoderm adults took part, 34 male (32.4%) and 71 female (67.6%) with ages between 20 and 40 years old, in a private orthodontic clinic in Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil. The cephalometrics analysis findings for determining facial type from the Ricketts VERT index were compared with the facial classification performed by means of clinical facial analysis based on observation of two photographs. For this analysis, three Speech and Language Pathologists specialized in orofacial myology were involved. RESULTS: there was no satisfactory correspondence when comparing the two forms of facial type classification presented in this study. Most of the dolichofacial males were classified as medium face by means of facial analysis, meaning four among seven subjects (57.14%). The eleven mesofacial subjects were identified as medium face (N=5; 45.45%) or short (N=4; 36.36%) and the 16 braquifacial subjects as medium face (N=9; 56.25%) or short (N=7; 43.75%). With females, it was observed that 11 among 20, meaning 55% of the dolichofacial individuals were appointed as medium face. Among the 26 mesofacial subjects, 16 (61.53%) were also classified as medium face. Regarding the 25 braquifacial subjects, 12 (48%) were identified as short face and 11 (44%), as medium. CONCLUSION: facial type classification based only on facial analysis performed by means of photographs was not considered trustworthy, if used independently, when compared with cephalometrics analysis findings.
Face; Morphology; Adult; Cephalometry; Photography; Comparative Study
