Lay person's perception of smile aesthetics in dental and facial views.
OBJECTIVE
To compare the aesthetic perception of different anterior visible occlusions in different facial and dental views (frontal view, lower facial third view and dental view) by lay persons.


METHODS
Cross-sectional survey, Lima, Peru, 2002.


METHODS
The different views were rated by 91 randomly selected adult lay persons.


METHODS
Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) ratings of aesthetic perception of the views.


RESULTS
Anterior visible occlusion, photographed subject and view (p<0.001) had a significant effect on the aesthetic ratings. Also gender (p=0.001) and the interaction between gender and level of education (p=0.046) had a significant effect over the aesthetic rating.


CONCLUSIONS
A lay panel perceived that the aesthetic impact of the visible anterior occlusion was greater in a dental view compared with a full facial view. The anterior visible occlusion, photographed subject, view type are factors, which influence the aesthetic perception of smiles. In addition, gender and level of education had an influence.
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Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Room 4051A, Dentistry/Pharmacy Center, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2N8. carlosflores@ualberta.ca.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003766:Dental Occlusion; D004522:Educational Status; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D024343:Open Bite / Q000523:psychology; D023861:Photography, Dental / Q000145:classification; D012737:Sex Factors; D012904:Smiling; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric