%0 Journal Article %T Estudo comparativo entre a An¨¢lise Facial Subjetiva e a An¨¢lise Cefalom¨¦trica de Tecidos Moles no diagn¨®stico ortod£¿ntico %A Feres %A Renata %A Vasconcelos %A Maria Helena Ferreira %J Revista Dental Press de Ortodontia e Ortopedia Facial %D 2009 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S1415-54192009000200010 %X aim: to evaluate the agreement between the subjective facial analysis, proposed by capelozza filho, and the soft tissue cephalometric analysis, proposed by arnett and mclaughlin. methods: fifty standardized frontal and lateral photographs and fifty cephalometric x-rays were used, in a sample with a mean age of 24 years and 1 month. after that it was verified, on the pattern i patients, the correspondence of the values found on this sample with the ones proposed by the soft tissue cephalometric analysis normative values. results: it was demonstrated that the lips are always positioned ahead the true vertical line, and that, despite the variation of the pogonion point, the facial equilibrium is still maintained. conclusion: the results related to the subjective facial analysis showed that this is a valid and efficient method of facial pattern classification. %K facial analysis %K cephalometry %K soft tissue. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1415-54192009000200010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en