Dental trauma mostly damages the maxillary anterior teeth, affecting individual’s esthetics, functionality, and psychological well-being. Restorative dentistry treatment is required to obtain a natural appearance based on smile design approach. The aim of this report characterize procedure complicated cosmetic restoration six which results in straighter more beautiful natural-looking smiles. A ...

Anomalous and supernumerary teeth, when present in the oral cavity may affect the facial harmony and esthetics. Managing patients with anomalous and supernumerary teeth poses a challenge for dentists especially, when smile esthetics is affected. We report management of a case of mesiodens associated with dens invaginatus, a rare presentation wherein the patient required immediate esthetic resto...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to assess and compare the perception of laypersons and dental professionals of smile esthetics based on two factors namely gingival display and alignment of teeth. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 32 females were randomly selected among dental students in the International Campus of School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (Tehran, Iran) with no p...

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...

Fixed implant-supported prosthesis for the edentulous maxilla has gained tremendous popularity over the years. Multiple prosthetic designs have been introduced in order to accommodate a gamut of clinical situations. Irrespective of the design, it is paramount that the esthetics imparted by the prosthesis be uncompromised. Though esthetics is subjective, a common ground exists where all its fund...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the this study was to evaluate the perception of smile esthetics and alterations in cases of gingival plastic surgery for correction of a gummy smile, by means of alterations in smile photograph among dentistry degree students. MATERIALS AND METHODS A frontal smile photograph of a 40-year-old woman having normal occlusion was used with diverse compositions of gingival exp...