Show babas face of future Is fixed at four days CHICAGO the facial outlines that a four day old baby will have when he grows up can be predicted through xray X ray studies of head g growth crowth at the university of illinois college of dentistry the X rays have shown that the main proportions of the skeletal framework of the human head and face present at birth remain virtually unchanged throughout life fact if growth rates could be predicted it is possible that after an examination of such X rays an artist could draw a fairly reliable sketch of the face of the future cl citizen t izen at the age of 21 these studies of the head bones are made under the direction of dr allan alian brodie dean of the college of dentistry and professor of orthodontia if the length of a four year old babas nose is 43 percent per cent of the distance from bridge oi of nose to tip of chin that nose length will still be 43 per cent at age 65 or at any other time the size of bumps on a head at birth remain in the same proportion throughout the life as do the many contours and positions of all of the features that are fixed by bones |