Gaikwad Shashank, Kaur Harsimran, Vaz Anna C, Singh Baldeep, Taneja Lavina, Vinod K S, Verma Prateek
Reader, Department of Orthodontics, Bharti Vidyapeeth Dental College , Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India .
Reader, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Kothiwal Dental College and Research Center , Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India .
J Clin Diagn Res. 2016 Sep;10(9):ZC20-ZC23. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/19013.8436. Epub 2016 Sep 1.
Two aspects of the smile: the Smile Arc (SA) and Buccal Corridors (BC) have been the interest of the orthodontist in recent years.
The present study was undertaken to evaluate the influence of the smile arc and buccal corridors on facial attractiveness as evaluated by orthodontists, general dentists and laymen.
Two subjects (one male & one female) were selected from the regional population fulfilling the criteria of an ideal smile arc and ideal buccal corridors. Frontal smile view photographs of these subjects were taken and modified by using adobe photoshop 7.0 to create combination of three smile arc variance and three buccal corridors variations respectively which were shown to 25 orthodontists, 25 general dentists & 25 laymen, to rate the facial attractiveness of each image on a rating scale.
All the three groups (laypersons, dentists and orthodontists) showed significant difference in ratings, indicating that they had different perceptions on the facial attractiveness.
Orthodontists were more precise in discerning the smile arc and buccal corridors compared to dentists and laypersons.
微笑的两个方面,即微笑弧度(SA)和颊廊(BC),近年来一直是正畸医生关注的焦点。
本研究旨在评估正畸医生、普通牙医和外行人对微笑弧度和颊廊对面部美观影响的评价。
从当地人群中挑选出符合理想微笑弧度和理想颊廊标准的两名受试者(一男一女)。拍摄这些受试者的正面微笑照片,并使用Adobe Photoshop 7.0进行修改,分别创建三种微笑弧度变化和三种颊廊变化的组合,展示给25名正畸医生、25名普通牙医和25名外行人,让他们在评分量表上对每张图片的面部美观进行评分。
所有三组(外行人、牙医和正畸医生)在评分上均显示出显著差异,表明他们对面部美观有不同的认知。
与牙医和外行人相比,正畸医生在辨别微笑弧度和颊廊方面更为精确。