AIM: To evaluate the agreement between the Subjective Facial Analysis, proposed by Capelozza Filho, and the Soft Tissue Cephalometric Analysis, proposed by Arnett and McLaughlin. METHODS: Fifty standardized frontal and lateral photographs and fifty cephalometric x-rays were used, in a sample with a mean age of 24 years and 1 month. After that it was verified, on the Pattern I patients, the correspondence of the values found on this sample with the ones proposed by the Soft Tissue Cephalometric Analysis normative values. RESULTS: It was demonstrated that the lips are always positioned ahead the True Vertical Line, and that, despite the variation of the pogonion point, the facial equilibrium is still maintained. CONCLUSION: The results related to the Subjective Facial Analysis showed that this is a valid and efficient method of Facial Pattern classification.
Facial analysis; Cephalometry; Soft tissue
