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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 2.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2011 Dec;140(6):895–899. doi: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2011.07.014

Fig 3.

Fig 3

The unit of measurement is the “interlandmark” distance. Consider any 2 landmarks on the face (left upper lip circle in the left schematic). When the patient smiles, this distance increases (first vertical line on graph), then the distance is held (horizontal portion of line on graph), and finally the distance decreases as the patient relaxes (second vertical line on graph).