Facial Asymmetry in Healthy North American CaucasiansAn Anthropometrical Study
This is a study of normal children, evaluating the degree of subtle asymmetry that can be expected in all of us. Asymmetry was found to be very common, but average differences between right and left measurements were mild (3mm or 3%), with the right side usually the largest. The most common and largest asymmetries were found in the upper third of the face.Abstract
Contributor Notes
Dr. Farkas is a research consultant and special lecturer, Department of Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. At the time of this study he was Senior Scientist, Department of Surgical Research, and Director of the Plastic Surgery Research Laboratory in the Research Institute at that institution. He holds an M.D. degree from Comenius University, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, C.Sc. from Charles University, Prague, and D.Sc. from the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague
Mrs. Cheung is a Research Assistant at the Plastic Surgery Research Laboratory in the Research Institute of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. She holds a B.A. in sociology from Chu Hai College in Hong Kong and an M.A. in medical sociology from the University of Western Ontario in London