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Patients' satisfaction with dental esthetics

The Journal of the American Dental Association, 2007
Esthetics has become an important issue in modern society, as it seems to define one's character. In the past, functional demands were the main consideration in dental treatment. Today, with the decrease in caries prevalence, the focus has shifted toward dental esthetics.
Gili R, Samorodnitzky-Naveh, Selly B, Geiger, Liran, Levin   +2 more
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DESIGNING THE ESTHETIC DENTAL ENVIRONMENT

Dental Clinics of North America, 1998
The esthetic dental environment requires a re-thinking of outdated concepts of office design. The design of the dental office must reflect the dentist's commitment to excellence. Each detail of the office design must be both functional and esthetic to mirror the type of work the esthetic patient expects and demands.
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Interdisciplinary management of anterior dental esthetics

The Journal of the American Dental Association, 2006
Dental esthetics has become a popular topic among all disciplines in dentistry. When a makeover is planned for the esthetic appearance of a patient's teeth, the clinician must have a logical diagnostic approach that results in the appropriate treatment plan.
Frank M, Spear, Vincent G, Kokich, David P, Mathews   +2 more
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Esthetics: Patients' Perceptions of Dental Attractiveness

Journal of Prosthodontics, 1996
PurposeThe importance of dentofacial attractiveness to the psychosocial well‐being of an individual has been well established. Very little information is available regarding dental patient perceptions of a pleasing esthetic image. The purpose of this study was to identify factors distinctive to attractive smiles versus unattractive smiles, as perceived
W J, Dunn, D F, Murchison, J C, Broome
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Dental esthetic self-evaluation and satisfaction

American Journal of Orthodontics, 1980
Four hundred eighty-one 10- to 13-year-old children answered questions to determine their skill at self-evaluation and their level of self-satisfaction with their own dental appearance. Their answers were correlated to dental-orthodontic variables measured for each child.
L W, Graber, G W, Lucker
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Dental implant esthetics.

Current opinion in cosmetic dentistry, 1994
As dental implants have become an increasingly popular restorative therapy and their stability and functional benefits have become widely acknowledged, newly applied surgical and prosthetic techniques are enabling dentists to approach patients' esthetic expectations.
S M, Hirsch, A S, Brisman
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Dental esthetics and the golden proportion

The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, 1978
A system of esthetic predictions is described that has been used since antiquity. The naturalness of the system is emphasized by showing examples from nature and how artists and designers use it. The application of this system to dental esthetics is facilitated by the description and inclusion of a dental grid for the anterior esthetic segment.
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Esthetics of Dental Composites

2017
Many aspects are involved to perfectly reproduce a natural tooth, such as proper form, anatomy, contour, color, gloss, texture, translucency, fluorescence, and opalescence. This chapter provides general introduction to these aspects and how they can affect esthetics.
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The dental aspect of esthetics

The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, 1959
Abstract Esthetics is relative as it is evaluated from various perspectives and under different conditions. The dentist may be able to assist the surgeon in attaining a more satisfactory result for a patient undergoing corrective or reconstructive procedures.
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Esthetics in the dental curriculum

Journal of Dental Education, 1981
R E, Goldstein, M E, Fritz
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