PURPOSE: to check if there is any difference among the orofacial measurements, according to the facial typology. METHODS: 39 leukoderm teenagers, aged between 15 -17-year old of both genders, with permanent dentition and with no history of speech and swallowing disorders or treatment. Using a digital instrument (CE ELECTRONIC), measures we carried out concerning length of the upper and lower lip and philtrum, thirds of the face as well of the sides of the face measures. RESULTS: considering the facial topology variable, there was a difference as for the length of the upper lip and philtrum and superior and inferior thirds of the face according to the facial type. We did not observe difference among the facial types as for the length of the lower lip and middle thirds of the face and the measures on both sides of the face. CONCLUSION: in the studied sample, the length of upper lip was bigger in the long face than in the medium face, the length of the philtrum was bigger in the long face than in the short face, the superior thirds of the face was bigger in the medium face than in the others types and inferior thirds was bigger in the long face than in the short face.
Face; Anthropometry; Measures; Adolescent; Cephalometry; Morphology
