The ear lobe crease (ELC) has been defined as a deep wrinkle that extends backwards from the tragus to the auricle. It has been proposed that ELC is a predictor of coronary artery disease (CAD). In this review, we consider the possible association between ELC and CAD. Our aim is to systematically address all the relevant evidence in this field. There are many studies that support an association...

BACKGROUND Early facial aging in mouth breathing adults. AIM To verify the presence of indicative factors of early facial aging and to characterize the measurements of the projection of the nasogeniane fold to the tragus and of the face width in mouth and nose breathing adults. METHOD Aspects of early facial aging were observed in 60 individuals (presence of dark circles and wrinkles under ...

Under infiltration anaesthesia a hockey-stick incision, about 4 in. long, is made I-5 cm. in front of the tragus (Fig. i). A skin flap is reflected forwards and downwards and the fascia covering the temporalis muscle is exposed. Two parallel and nearly vertical incisions, 2 in. long and 8 mm. apart, are made in the temporalis fascia; these are joined at the base by a horizontal incision. The ve...

Transverse facial clefts (macrostomia) are rare disorders that result when the embryonic mandibular and maxillary processes of the first branchial arch fail to fuse due to failure of mesodermal migration and merging to obliterate the embryonic grooves between the maxillary and mandibular processes to form the angle of the mouth at its normal anatomic position. Macrostomia may be seen alone or i...

the aim of this study was to investigate the reproducibility of natural head position (nhp) at different times of the day and to compare the reproducibility of the initial photographs with 6-month repeat photographs.the participants in this prospective study were seventy 14 to 50-year-old individuals. each participant was photographed with a digital camera twice, at three different times of the...

Study Design Retrospective analysis at a tertiary care center. Objective This study describes method of analyzing postoperative results using lateral view clinical photographs to create normalized projection ratios the glabella and radix. Methods We reviewed preoperative 15 patients. All were in Frankfort horizontal plane. calculated distances between (a) tragus cornea, (b) cornea radix, (c) gl...

INTRODUCTION Good radiographs are required for endodontic therapy and because some patient's are intolerant to intraoral films and/or sensors, this can cause complications in endodontic treatment. Extraoral film placement can be used to obtain clinically diagnostic and working radiographs. MATERIALS AND METHODS The no. 2 receptor was placed against the model's cheek and centered in the molar-...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the reproducibility of natural head position (NHP) at different times of the day and to compare the reproducibility of the initial photographs with 6-month repeat photographs. MATERIALS AND METHODS The participants in this prospective study were seventy 14 to 50-year-old individuals. Each participant was photographed with a digital camera twi...