title: The ranking of dental aesthetics.
abstract: This study examined the effectiveness of three different aesthetic ranking systems. The Aesthetic Component of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need (10 photographs), a numerical scale illustrated with three photographs and a numerical scale with only two photographs were assessed. Ten general dental practitioners ranked the attractiveness of dentitions using each aesthetic scale. A greater tendency to underscore was detected when the dentists used the two-photograph scale. Reducing the number of photographs in the aesthetic scale did not significantly improve the dentists ability to rank dental aesthetics.
authors.affiliation: Orthodontic Division, School of Clinical Dentistry, Queen's University of Belfast, Royal Victoria Hospital, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Burden
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000473:pathology*; D015588:Observer Variation; D009970:Orthodontics / Q000592:standards*; D010781:Photography; D012015:Reference Standards; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric