Table 2.
Skeletal features and related physical characteristics/appearance of the Asian face
Skeletal features in Asians compared with those of Caucasians [8–10, 44–49] | Related physical appearance/clinical features in Asians | Other characteristic facial features of Asians |
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Increased bitemporal width | Wide forehead | |
Increased bizygomatic width | Wide midface | |
Increased bigonial width | Wide lower face | |
Retruded forehead | Flat forehead, slanted backward | |
Retruded orbital rims/shallow orbit | Puffy, heavy eyelids | Epicanthal folds |
Low nasal bridge deficient anterior nasal spine | Flat, short nose; appearance of wider intercanthal distance retruded columella | |
Medial maxilla retrusion | Under-eye “dark shadow,” concave central midface, perialar recession and nasolabial fold, or shadows on the base of nose, broad nasal width | |
Retrusion of pyriform margin | Perioral protrusion | Full upper and lower lips |
Bimaxillary protrusion hypoplastic mandible | Retruded chin |
Includes characteristics of ethnic Koreans and Chinese