Patent ID: 6200278
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: A61B,A61C,G06K

Abstract:
A method of soft tissue cephalometric analysis for aesthetic correction of facial imbalance in male and female patients, comprising:carrying out soft tissue cephalometric analysis comprising the steps of:establishing separate male and female databases of size and angle measurements of key facial landmarks and facial harmony values compiled from a group aesthetically balanced male and female faces;assessing the male or female patient's facial features by placing the patient's face in a natural head position, placing markers on facial structures, taking a headfilm image, and measuring size and angle measurements of key facial landmarks of the patient;localizing a true vertical line on the headfilm image;measuring absolute landmark values and angle measurements relative to the true vertical line and determining the patient's facial harmony values; andcomparing the measured absolute landmark values and angle measurements and harmony values of the male or female patient to the corresponding database of size and angle measurements of key facial landmarks and facial harmony values.