Mentolabial angle and aesthetics: a quantitative investigation of idealized and normative values

Farhad B. Naini1, Martyn T. Cobourne2, U. Garagiola3, Fraser McDonald4, David Wertheim5
1Consultant Orthodontist/Honorary Senior Lecturer, Kingston and St George’s Hospitals and St George’s Medical School, London, UK
2Professor and Head of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Development, King’s College London Dental Institute, London, UK
3Professor of Orthodontics, Department of Reconstructive and Diagnostic Surgical Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
4Professor of Orthodontics, King’s College London Dental Institute, London, UK
5Professor, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing, Kingston University, London, UK

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