Open AccessPerception differences of altered dental esthetics by dental professionals and laypersons
Author(s) -
Mayuri Thomas,
Rajesh Kumar Reddy,
B Jayabharath Reddy
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.84295
Subject(s) - diastema , medicine , orthodontics , crown (dentistry) , dentistry , attractiveness , psychology , psychoanalysis
When we smile, our smile could often become the target of close scrutiny by the person you are smiling at. A trained eye readily detects any asymmetricity or any aspect of that smile which may be out of balance, or disharmonious with its environment. The purpose of this study was to determine whether any such asymmetric or symmetric dental discrepancies were detectable by various groups of evaluators.