Perception of facial profile attractiveness by a Saudi sample
Nabeel Talic, BDS, MS, PhD, Mohammad S. Alshakhs, BDS
College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA

Previous studies have reported different levels of perception of attractiveness among different ethnicities and among varying education-level groups on facial profile rating. AIM: To study the perception of facial profile attractiveness among Saudi dentists and lay-individuals. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Digital facial profile images with altered degree of prognathism and retrognathism were presented to a sample of 60 Saudi dentists and 60 lay-persons with equal gender distribution. RESULTS: High reliability of repeated assessment of profile images was detected (ICC=0.982). Significant difference in perception of facial profile was found between genders (P<0.05) and among the groups with different education backgrounds (P<0.001). CONCLUSION: General agreement was established in both sample groups on average facial profile to be the most attractive and on the most retrognathic profile to be the least attractive.

Saudi Dental Journal 2007;19(1):37-42.