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Ogee curve score
what a photo can give, and how we take it.

The visible part of the curve: cheek shading in the ¾ view, meaning light on the cheekbone against a flat mid-cheek, plus midface width.

Also searched as ogee curve, cheekbone projection and midface projection.

Why the textbook version needs more than a photo
invented
Canthion reports
Photographic equivalent

What we report

The visible part of the curve: cheek shading in the ¾ view, meaning light on the cheekbone against a flat mid-cheek, plus midface width.

malarsubmalarogee curve:malar to submalar:the ¾-view Sno published norms:any numeric scoreis fabricated
The ogee is the S-shaped malar to submalar contour seen on a three-quarter view, drawn here in side view. It has no published quantitative norm, so the report describes cheek shading and midface width rather than scoring the curve.

Why not the clinical number itself

The ogee is a qualitative description of the S-shaped malar–submalar contour seen on a three-quarter view, used in custom-implant planning. There are NO published quantitative norms for it. Any numeric "ogee score" is fabricated.

What we measure instead

Ratios of near-coplanar frontal distances, angles relative to the interpupillary line, and skin appearance. Each comes with an error bar, and each is placed against a population you choose. Start an analysis or read the methodology.

What the report gives you insteadMidface width ratio

Same question, different measurement: what the clinical version needs, and what a photograph can give instead.

Gonial anglebony · what a photo can giveRamus : mandibular body ratiobony · what a photo can giveNasofacial angle, and any profile angle taken against a planelateral · what a photo can giveRicketts E-line, Steiner S-line, Holdaway H-linelateral · what a photo can giveOrbital vector / infraorbital rim positionbony · what a photo can giveGolden ratio / Marquardt Phi mask fitrefuted · what a photo can give

What is measured instead

Intercanthal distance : palpebral fissure lengthEyes · tier AAlar base width : intercanthal distanceNose · tier AMouth width : alar base widthLips · tier AUpper : lower vermilion heightLips · tier APhiltrum length : chin heightLower face · tier APalpebral fissure height : lengthEyes · tier A
← Orbital vector / infraorbital rim positionGolden ratio / Marquardt Phi mask fit →

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