Orthognathic Surgery Has a Significant Positive Effect on Perceived Personality Traits and Perceived Emotional Expressions in Long Face Subjects

Crowdsourcing is increasingly being used in medical research to obtain the opinion and perception of laypeople. The investigators hypothesized that a layperson ’s perception of a long-face dentofacial deformity (DFD) patient is more favorable after orthognathic surgery than before surgery with regard to perceived personality traits and emotional facial expressions.

Source: Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - October 15, 2018 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Jeffrey C. Posnick, Brian E. Kinard Source Type: research