Jaw and chin · Front photo

Jaw width to cheekbone width

bigonial width

How wide the jaw is compared with the cheekbones. The soft tissue over the jaw is part of it.

How it's measured

Width between the jaw corners (gonion to gonion) divided by the width across the cheekbones, as a percentage.

Reference range

Male reference

85–92%

Female reference

82–89%

Source: Community facial analysis formula (public spreadsheet), top range: men 85-92%, women 82-89%. Measured North American averages are lower, about 76% (men) and 73% (women) (North American young-adult norms: Farkas LG, Katic MJ, Forrest CR. Ann Plast Surg 2007;59:692-698, as tabulated by Virdi SS, Wertheim D, Naini FB. Maxillofac Plast Reconstr Surg 2019;41:9).

In the score

Counts toward the score with weight 15 (Community formula point table: bigonial width, 15 points).

What changes it

• Measured on the skin outline, so muscle and soft tissue affect it as well as bone.

One number, one feature

One measurement describes one detail in one photo. Pose, lens and expression move it, and every reference range is an average from limited samples.