L. Lombardo, Chiara Berveglieri, A. Guarneri
Jun 1, 2012
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Quality indicators
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International orthodontics
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To describe perceptions related to different anterior dental alignments in a sample of 106 children aged between 8- and 11-years-old. MATERIALS AND METHODS We employed dynamic media (videos) showing a smile in four different arrangements (ideal incisal occlusion - N, median diastema - D, incisal crowding - A, protruding incisors - P), with and without general contextual attractiveness. RESULTS The perception is the same both for the whole face and for the frontal smile alone and there are no significant differences between the answers from male and female interviews. Smiles with normal alignment gain higher scores for esthetics and are associated with more positive qualities. In contrast, smiles with proclined and crowded teeth obtain lower scores. CONCLUSIONS Analysis of the results showed that there are no significant differences between perceptions, sensations and judgments related to smiles presented either as part of the whole face or in only the lower facial third: general facial attractiveness does not influence evaluations of the smile. The study confirms the general tendency to award higher scores to smiles with normal alignment.