For decades, dentistry has been evolving into a profession that is extremely multifaceted and varied in its approach to both smile and facial esthetics. The coordination of macro esthetics (the face), mini esthetics (the smile), and micro esthetics (the dental esthetic component) offers a complete approach to esthetic planning. This article presents an expanded vision of esthetic treatment desi...

We investigated the correspondence between perceived meanings of smiles and their morphological and dynamic characteristics. Morphological characteristics included co-activation of Orbicularis oculi (AU 6), smile controls, mouth opening, amplitude, and asymmetry of amplitude. Dynamic characteristics included duration, onset and offset velocity, asymmetry of velocity, and head movements. Smile c...

Some believe orthodontics has undergone a “paradigm shift” to focus more on esthetics, with emphasis on the soft tissues surrounding the mouth. This web based study evaluated changes in attractiveness based on computerized variations of smile arcs and buccal corridors for male and female smiles judged by orthodontists and laypersons on a visual analog scale. The results indicate that both laype...

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...

The aims of this study were to determine if there were any differences in the thickness of the lip levator musculature in men and women, and whether the height of the smile line in adults was related to the thickness of the lip levator musculature. Thirty Caucasian (13 males, 17 females), and 24 Asian (11 males, 13 females) undergraduate dental students participated in this study. The subjects ...

Purpose. To compare dry eye disease following SMILE versus FS-LASIK. Design. Prospective, nonrandomised, observational study. Patients. 90 patients undergoing refractive surgery for myopia were included. 47 eyes underwent SMILE and 43 eyes underwent FS-LASIK. Methods. Evaluation of dry eye disease was conducted preoperatively and at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months postoperatively, using the Salisbury Ey...

BACKGROUND To compare changes in higher-order aberrations (HOAs) following small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) and wavefront-guided femtosecond laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (WFG FS-LASIK), and to investigate correlations between preoperative spherical equivalence (SE) and components of HOAs affecting visual quality. METHODS Sixty-five myopic eyes from 38 patients were enrolle...

Introduction: The effect of education on esthetic perception is still unclear. This study aims to compare the perception of smile esthetics, under various conditions, among general and specialist dentists. Materials and Methods: A photograph of a woman’s smile was digitally altered using a software image editing program. Alterations were made tothe dental midline, anterior gingival displ...