Jaw refinement is becoming an increasingly popular area of medical aesthetics.1 It is intended that this paper will educate readers about skeletal classifications of the jaw, facial profiling, relevant soft tissues, danger zones, and the effect of jaw ageing for successful treatment using non-surgical interventions.2
Various skeletal classifications of the jaw have been recommended to date. These classifications are essential to help practitioners identify physiological and aesthetic abnormalities and recommend treatments which are best suited to the individual’s needs.
Of the classification systems proposed to date, Angle’s Classification of Malocclusions system by US dentist Edward Angle, is the most widely known and applied in practice. This is one framework that depicts and grades a misalignment between the teeth and the two dental arches as they appear when the jaw closes.3 This can…
