Assessment of facial golden proportions in Gujarati population – A retrospective study

Abstract

The face excels in beauty when compared with other anatomical divisions of the human beings” - Leonardo da Vinci. Golden Proportion is the mathematical ratio with has special properties, most aesthetically pleasing and aesthetic harmony. The study sample consisted of 85 subjects. The subjects were randomly selected from the outpatient department. The collected sample age ranges from 18 to 25 years. The subjects with developmental anomalies and history of any trauma were not included. Only the Population that belongs to Gujarat are included to meet the aim of the study to analyse the population The mean of all study parameters were in the range of 1.301 to 1.423. The p values for all parameters except TS-TS/LC-LC for class 2 skeletal pattern is 0.001 which shows that they all have significant relation to the ideal proportions. It is concluded from the study that the population of Gujarat do not follow ideal/Golden proportion.