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. © 2012 CEO Published by/Éditépar Elsevier Masson SAS All rights reserved/Tous droits réservés.
Dynamic evaluation of anterior dental alignment in a sample of 8-to 11-year-old children
LOMBARDO, Luca;SICILIANI, Giuseppe
2012
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. © 2012 CEO Published by/Éditépar Elsevier Masson SAS All rights reserved/Tous droits réservés.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
