Smile Aesthetics Acuity of Lay-persons verses Dental Professionals
Sadia Nisar Ahmed, Nazish Falak, Iffat Batool, Kemia Gul, Arsalan Amin, Brekhna Yousafzai
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ABSTRACT
Objective:
To compare and evaluate the
perception of smile aesthetics by lay-persons and dental specialists.
Study Design: Cross-sectional study
Place and Duration of Study: Department of Orthodontics, Bacha Khan
College of Dentistry/Medical Teaching Institute, Mardan from 1st
April 2020 to 31st July 2021.
Methodology: Eighty participants were assessed for their
smiles through photographical imaging to assess each photographic image of
smile (frontal view) and categorized them as very good, good, average or bad.
Results: The mean age was 20.59±3.1 years with 59 females and 21 males. The laypeople
assessed smile under categories of very good (60%) or good with a least number
of people categorizing it average or bad. Contrary to this the dentist
perception about smile aesthetic was completely reveres.
Conclusion: There is an obvious variance between perception of laypeople and
dentists with dentist being more analytical and judgmental.
Key words: Incisors, Smile, Aesthetic, Smile arc