Year : 2019

Volume : Volume 10

Issue : Issue 3s

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Dr. Kanchan Sharma
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Abstract

Background:  The purpose of this study is to evaluate the influence of facial pattern in smile attractiveness on the different level of gingival exposure assessed by dental specialists and laypersons in subjects from Jharkhand. Method- Frontal photographs of two Indian women were acquired one with a long face and the other with a balanced face with gingival exposure from 0 to 6mm. The data was collected from a sample of 50 participants, including five orthodontists, five periodontists, five maxillofacial surgeons, five prosthodontists, five pedodontists, 5 Endodontists and 20 laypersons, thus constituting 7 groups. Likert type of scale is used to assess the alluring of the smiles of these subjects with different level of gingival exposure. Kruskal-Wallis & Friedman test was used to compare the view of dental specialists and laypersons. Spearman rank correlation coefficient was used to find the correlation between the age of examiners and their rating outcomes. Statistical significance was set at p<0.05. Results- Statistically significant differences were observed for the following levels of exposure for the long-faced subject: 2mm, 3mm, 4mm, 5mm. The scores of laypersons and dental specialists were significantly different for gingival exposure levels of 2mm & 3mm in balanced face subjects. The balanced face was better rated than the long face by dental specialists & laypersons for all levels of gingival exposure. Conclusion- Facial patterns influenced the smile attractiveness evaluation. The facial characteristics of balanced facial pattern attenuated the perception of gingival exposure.

Keywords: Aesthetics; Facial attractiveness; Alluring; Gingival exposure.