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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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The dental aspect of esthetics
The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, 1959Abstract 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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DESIGNING THE ESTHETIC DENTAL ENVIRONMENT
Dental Clinics of North America, 1998The 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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Esthetics of Dental Composites
2017Many 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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A method for the classification of errors in dental esthetics
The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, 1974Abstract This classification covers errors in tooth arrangement only. A similar classification for errors in base materials can be constructed. It is hoped that, by establishing a classification system for esthetic errors, more meaningful discussions can occur that will produce increased understanding and mutual benefit to both dentist and patient.
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Communicating patients' esthetic needs to the dental laboratory
The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, 1991A visual aid in the form of a lined transparent plastic screen is attached to an earbow type of facebow and placed on the face. The screen can be adjusted to several horizontal tilts from the horizontal aspect in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction.
John L. Shannon, William A. Rogers
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A review of the functional and esthetic requirements for dental implants
The Journal of the American Dental Association, 2007The esthetic replacement of teeth has become an important standard for implant dentistry. While defining this goal has not been difficult, the ability to restore implants esthetically has been fraught with obstacles and sometimes has not been attainable.
Swati Rawal +2 more
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