Study of the characteristics of lip and chin in Chinese Hanyouth
SUN Zhao-xia
WU De-ye
CHENG Hui
SONG Yu-ze
Abstract：Objective To observe the morphological characteristics of the lip and chin of the soft tissue in the Chinese Han population.Methods A sample of students graduating in 2010-2015 was obtained.Front and side photographs were taken in the natural head posture (NHP).The mean value of the measurements of the height of the chin,lower lip,inferior sulcus,lower lip to chin,facial height,length of facial features,and width of face were observed.Results There was significant difference in the mean value of height of chin,lower lip,inferior sulcus,lower lip to chin,facial height,facial feature height,width of face between male and female youth.The lower lip position of most of males and femals was convex.And the convex lower lip position was not as common as concave lip in females.The chin position of most of males and females was convex.The short and vertical chins occurred more frequently in males.Conclusion The lip and chin have many of different characteristics in males and females.The lips,chin height and face height of males are higher than that of the female,and the soft tissue in lip and chin side of the male are more three-dimensional than that of the female.
Keywords：Facial anatomyLipChinSoft tissue
Publication Date：2018-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 208-210 )