Objective: To determine if the fa cial biotype and the pattern of facial growth agree in women and men. The study universe was 673 lateral radiographs of skull pretreatment of orthodontics. The sample was 100 radiographs of which 50 were of each sex. The average age in women was 13.7 years and in men 17.08 years. Ricketts VERT and Jarabak's facial height ratio were performed. The data was captured on the electronic record sheet and descriptive statistics were performed in the Microsoft Excel program. The Kappa test was performed in the calculator in Excel for the Kappa-Fisterra Index and the Student t tests were performed in the SPSS 19 program. Results: the mesofacial facial biotype was found in women 48% and in men with 44% the dolichofacial biotype. The average of VERT was -0.356 in women and in men of -0.31. The growth pattern 65.28% in men and women of 62.25%. The result of the Kapp...