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Esthetic Update: The Changing Esthetic Dental Practice
The Journal of the American Dental Association, 1994Advances in the dental industry have opened the door to an array of esthetic treatments. Bleaching, cosmetic contouring and composite resins are a few of the esthetic techniques reviewed.
Cary E. Goldstein +7 more
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Dental esthetic satisfaction in adults
The Journal of the American Dental Association, 1989This study determined the influence of teeth, mouth, and face on self-image and personal esthetic satisfaction in adults. A random sample of 125 patients completed a five-item questionnaire about personal esthetic satisfaction and oral self-image. As a group, general dental variables were stronger predictors of esthetic satisfaction than orthodontic ...
Laura M. Neumann +2 more
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Enamel Opacities and Dental Esthetics
Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 1995Abstract Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the esthetic importance of different types of developmental enamel defect. Methods: In the first method used, individual subjects from three different populations with less than 0.1, 0.7, and 0.9 ppm fluoride in their drinking water, were asked about the appearance of their teeth and ...
Denis O'Mullane, Roger Philip Ellwood
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Esthetics: Patients' Perceptions of Dental Attractiveness
Journal of Prosthodontics, 1996PurposeThe 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
William J. Dunn +2 more
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Interdisciplinary management of anterior dental esthetics
The Journal of the American Dental Association, 2006Dental 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.
David P. Mathews +2 more
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Dental esthetics and the golden proportion
The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, 1978A 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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Perception of facial, dental, and smile esthetics by dental students
Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry, 2018AbstractObjectiveTo comprehensively assess dental students’ perception of facial, dental and smile esthetics and to assess whether such a perception varies by gender, clinical training, and Grade Point Average (GPA).Materials and MethodsSeries of photographs were digitally manipulated involving three facial, two smile, four dental, and one gingival ...
Maged S. Alhammadi +6 more
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Dental esthetic self-evaluation and satisfaction
American Journal of Orthodontics, 1980Four 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.
G. William Lucker, Lee W. Graber
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Perception of Dental Esthetics in Different Cultures
The International Journal of Prosthodontics, 2014The purpose of this study was to compare patients' and dentists' perception of dental appearance.Based on internationally accepted guidelines about dental esthetics, a questionnaire was developed to measure "dental appearance" (QDA). Eleven items defined a QDA score (0 = "absolutely dissatisfied" to 100 = "absolutely satisfied").
Matthias Kern +4 more
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Esthetic evaluation of dental and gingival asymmetries
International Orthodontics, 2015The aim of this study was to determine which smile asymmetries were less esthetic, dental or gingival.Laypeople (297), generalists (223), prosthodontists (50) and orthodontists (49), evaluated the esthetics of digitally-modified images taken from the same frontal intra-oral photograph, using the same lips, simulating upper maxillary midline shift ...
Teresa Pinho, Liliana Fernandes
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