title: Cross sectional: perception of children from public and private schools regarding the esthetic impact of different types of face masks.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose was to evaluate the esthetic perception among children from public and private schools regarding the use of different types of face masks.
  
  
  METHODS
  Six different types of orthopedic face masks made from images of the same patient were evaluated. Initially, the images were standardized with the help of Adobe Photoshop software. The variable considered was type of mask: (A) Delaire with facebow; (B) Petit; (C) Delaire; (D)Turley; (E) Hickham; and (F) Sky Hook. The images were printed on photographic paper and incorporated into a specific personalized questionnaire that was distributed to 7- to 10-year-olds attending public and private schools (n=120). The data obtained were compared via chi-square, Fisher's exact tests, Mann-Whitney and Spearman's tests.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The proportion of participants who chose image A as the best was significantly higher (P<.05) compared to the other masks. Images B and F were chosen as the worst, without a significant difference between them (P>.05). The mean scores between groups were not significantly correlated between private vs public schoolchildren (r=0.32) and between boys and girls (r=0.41).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Delaire face mask with facebow was chosen as the most attractive, and the Petit and Sky Hook face masks were voted the least attractive.
authors: Department of Health, Southwest Bahia State University-UESB, Jequié, Bahia, Brazil. matheuspithon@gmail.com
authors: Matheus Melo
authors: MM
authors: Pithon
authors: Caio Sousa
authors: CS
authors: Ferraz
authors: Gabriel Couto
authors: GC
authors: de Oliveira
authors: Adrielle Mangabeira
authors: AM
authors: Dos Santos
authors: Felipe Santos
authors: FS
authors: Couto
authors: Raildo
authors: R
authors: da Silva Coqueiro
authors: Rogério Lacerda
authors: RL
authors: Dos Santos
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004954:Esthetics; D005115:Extraoral Traction Appliances; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D016382:Orthodontic Appliance Design / Q000523:psychology*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D010781:Photography / Q000379:methods; D017149:Private Sector; D017150:Public Sector; D012574:Schools; D012737:Sex Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*