Title: What is forward facial growth and how to measure it? - My Posture and Orthodontics Blog
Headings: What is forward facial growth and how to measure it?
What is forward facial growth and how to measure it?
How to Measure Forward Growth?

Content: Start turning the face sideways, however, and the effects of forward growth, or lack of, emerge. The best way to visualize this is by looking at profile pictures. Going through such pictures, the difference becomes evident. Forward faces tend to have positive under eye support, upturned nose, matching lips, and a chin that extends to the lips. More importantly, they always have the upper and lower jaws extend well beyond the nasion. left picture illustrates position of eye support, nose, lips and chin; right picture illustrates position of upper and lower jaws
In a previous post we learned that the face is mainly comprised of the maxilla and mandible. They cover the area from under the eyes down to the bottom of the chin reaching to the neck, but what’s the nasion? That’s the point on the top of the nose and bottom of the forehead where the skull and face meet. Drawing an imaginary line straight down from that point reveals the extent of facial growth.