Maxillofacial esthetics: anthropometrics of the maxillofacial region.

Many artists, orthodontists, and surgeons have proposed guidelines for esthetic facial evaluation, but few have shown a scientific basis for their criteria. Farkas, however, made a substantial contribution to anthropometric facial measurements of adult whites. His raw data were used to develop a comprehensive set of ratios to define the esthetic face. A systematic maxillofacial evaluation derived from Farkas's data is presented, along with a brief description of its clinical application.