An Assessment of Perception of Altered Incisa...

An Assessment of Perception of Altered Incisal Edges of Maxillary Incisors in Males and Females between Various Professions: A Photographic Study

Author Name : Dr. Niranjan Umakant Surve, Dr. Jai Prakash Mongia, Dr. Danyasi Ashok Kumar, Dr. Yogesh Kumar Mahobia, Dr. Rakshit Sthapak, Dr. Soumya Gupta

ABSTRACT To obtain optimal esthetic results, it is of paramount importance for clinicians to follow esthetic guidelines. For many years, these parameters were based only on author’s opinions rather than on evidence-based literature.Recently, the focus on facial esthetics as an indicator of social value has increased. Therefore, many orthodontists are incorporating facial esthetics into their treatment planning to achieve a beautiful and youthful smile. Materials and methods: These smiling photographs will be altered using a commercially available image editing software program (Adobe Photoshop CS, version 8.0; Adobe Systems). The number of photographs that will be available after alteration and given to the judges to rate the attractiveness of each. The data thus obtained will be put to significant statistical analysis and the results thus obtained will be carried out to achieve the aim and objective of the study.Results: When comparing the perceptions of the orthodontists and laypersons, they showed statistical differences in most situations, with the latter group giving higher scores (P ≤0.05). In general, both groups had similar ratings for the most attractive smile, which was the symmetrical one. Comparisons of the attractiveness scores between the male and female subjects showed no significant differences for incisal edge asymmetries in between males and females, in which the assessment scores of the females were higher than those of the males.Conclusion: The most attractive smiles in both types of images for both the groups equally for male and female were those without asymmetries or with a 0.5-mm asymmetry on the lateral incisor. In our study, the sex of the subject did not seem to affect the esthetic perception of smiles with altered incisal edge asymmetries of maxillary central incisors.