Research Article

Psychometric and Perceptometric Comparisons of the Perspectives of Orthodontists, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, and Laypeople of Different Ages and Sexes towards Beauty of Female Jaw Angles (Intergonial Widths and Gonial Heights) on Frontal and Three-Quarter Views

Table 4

Descriptive statistics for the scores given by the three groups of raters to photographs with altered gonial heights. In images 1 to 9, the gonion was, respectively, 4.5 mm above the mouth corner, at the level of mouth corner, 4.5 mm below the mouth corner, 9 mm, 13.5 mm, 18 mm, 22.5 mm, 27 mm, and 31.5 mm below the mouth corner.

ImageSexOMFSOrthodontistsLaypersons
MeanSDMinMaxMeanSDMinMaxMeanSDMinMax

O1Female117.361.0369197.051.68310346.351.77410
Male216.051.7529146.571.8739285.792.32010
Both326.501.6529336.851.75310626.102.04010

O2Female117.180.9858196.951.58410346.411.65410
Male216.001.6729146.571.7039285.862.01110
Both326.411.5629336.791.62310626.161.83110

O3Female116.910.9458196.631.74310346.501.76310
Male215.951.7529146.362.0639285.891.81110
Both326.281.5729336.521.86310626.231.80110

O4Female116.551.5749196.741.66410346.412.03010
Male216.002.02210145.931.9829285.822.04110
Both326.191.87210336.391.82210626.152.04010

O5Female116.271.6249196.111.85310346.292.22010
Male215.762.17210145.572.4719285.791.93110
Both325.941.98210335.882.12110626.062.10010

O6Female115.731.9038195.581.98310346.242.19010
Male215.382.27110145.712.2029285.962.13110
Both325.502.13110335.642.04210626.112.15010

O7Female115.451.5738195.372.22210346.212.28010
Male215.192.25110145.432.3819285.502.08110
Both325.282.02110335.392.25110625.892.20010

O8Female115.181.6038194.792.44110345.792.35010
Male214.862.39110144.932.5608285.322.31110
Both324.972.13110334.852.45010625.582.32010

O9Female114.911.7639194.532.55110345.442.27010
Male214.482.34110144.642.5908284.822.58110
Both324.632.14110334.582.53010625.162.42010

O: three-quarter oblique-view image; SD: standard deviation; Min: minimum; Max: maximum.