Lay People Esthetic Evaluation of Primary Surgical Repair on Three-Dimensional Images of Cleft Lip and Palate Patients.

ABSTRACT: Background and Objectives: Previous literature has disclosed that facial attractiveness affects the esthetic evaluation of nose and lip deformity on frontal and lateral photographs. However, it has never been debated if the removal of the external facial features on three-dimensional (3D) models ("cropped assessment bias") could provide a considerable usefulness in the interpretation and comparison of the results. Additionally, it has been assumed on two-dimensional (2D) studies that esthetic assessment biases with respect to observer gender, and it is not acknowledged if and to the extent that "gender assessment bias" may be influenced by a three-dimensional layout. The aim of this study is to investigate if facial traits and observers' gender may affect the esthetic ratings of unilateral

SUBMITTER: Staderini E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6780772 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature