The digital smile design is a practical diagnosis method that can assist the clinician to visualize and measure dentogingival discrepancies. This clinical report aims to present the associated steps, from the diagnosis of the alterations diagnosis through to the final aesthetic result. A 37-years-old female patient presented as her main complaint the tooth form and colour discrepancies. Applyin...

The authors report a combined orthodontic-surgical correction of an adult patient's malocclusion affected by Moebius Syndrome (MS). The treatment was conducted at the Dentistry Unit and the Maxillofacial Surgery Unit of the University Hospital of Parma. Treatment of malocclusion was performed after the correction of facial mimic mobility with smile surgery. The postoperative stability and ortho...

PURPOSE To compare postoperative astigmatic correction between femtosecond lenticule extraction (FLEx) and small-incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) in eyes with myopic astigmatism. METHODS We examined 26 eyes of 26 patients undergoing FLEx and 26 eyes of 26 patients undergoing SMILE to correct myopic astigmatism (manifest astigmatism of 1 diopter (D) or more). Visual acuity, cylindrical re...

OBJECTIVE To assess the 1 year clinical outcomes of small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) for the correction of myopia and myopic astigmatism using a 500 kHz femtosecond laser system. METHODS This prospective study evaluated 52 eyes of 39 consecutive patients (31.8±6.9 years, mean age±SD) with spherical equivalents of -4.11±1.73 D (range, -1.25 to -8.25 D) who underwent SMILE for myopia...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of the posed smile in overall facial esthetics, as determined by laypersons and orthodontists. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty orthodontists and 20 lay evaluators were asked to perform six Q-sorts on different photographs of 48 white female subjects. The six Q-sorts consisted of three different photographs for each of two time points (pre- and posttreatment), as fo...

To the Editor: During the past 3 years, several studies have suggested that small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) is a promising alternative to LASIK for the correction of myopia. For this reason, we have read with great interest the article by Lin et al.1 about the comparison of the visual results after SMILE and femtosecond laser-assisted LASIK (FS-LASIK) for the treatment of myopia. Ho...

With any refractive correction, including Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE), there may be a residual refractive error that requires a retreatment. Here, we investigated the tissue responses following various retreatment procedures in a rabbit model of SMILE. All rabbits underwent a -6.00D correction with SMILE. Two weeks later, they underwent -1.00D enhancement by: (i) VisuMax Circle,...

Presbyopia remains a major visual impairment for patients, who have previously undergone laser refractive correction and enjoyed unaided distance vision prior to the onset of presbyopia. Corneal stromal volume restoration through small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) lenticule re-implantation presents an opportunity for restoring the patients' non-dominant eye to previous low myopia to ac...

The gingival smile is an aesthetic concern that affects a large portion of the population, aesthetically acceptable must be harmonious as to set teeth, lips and tissue. When etiological factor muscle hyperfunction, treatment option application botulinum toxin type A in muscles responsible for lifting upper lip, so objective this case report demonstrate use correct gummy smile. . Female patient,...