title: Factors mediating against excellence in dental esthetics.
abstract: Factors mediating against excellence in dental esthetics have been classified and enumerated in this article. A formula for producing unesthetic prostheses can be hypothesized as follows: Educational de-emphasis + Lack of research + Technical orientation + Technical tradition + Delegation (abdication) + Poor economics + Fatique + Poor office design + Convention + Conditioning + Schemata leads to POOR DENTAL ESTHETICS. It is postulated that a formula for excellent dental esthetics can be produced by reversing these factors: Altered schemata + Deconditioning + Altered convention + Adequate office design + Elimination of fatique + Favorable economics + Personal participation + Research + Educational emphasis leads to ESTHETIC EXCELLENCE.
mesh_terms: D003779:Denture Design; D003778:Dentures; D004497:Education, Dental; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D009055:Mouth / Q000502:physiology; D011476:Prosthodontics / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education; D011584:Psychology; D013674:Technology, Dental / Q000193:education