Effect of lip position and gingival display on smile and esthetics as perceived by college students with different educational backgrounds

The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of education on the perception of female college students on the effect of lip position and gingival display upon smiling and esthetics. A photograph of a smiling subject was altered to show varying degrees of gingival display. Female students, who...

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Published in:Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dentistry cosmetic and investigational dentistry, 2013-01, Vol.5 (default), p.77-80
Main Authors: Zawawi, Khalid H, Malki, Ghadah A, Al-Zahrani, Mohammad S, Alkhiary, Yaser M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic achievement
Aesthetics
College students
Dental assistants
Educational aspects
Mouth
Original Research
Perceptions
Smile
Surveys
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Summary:The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of education on the perception of female college students on the effect of lip position and gingival display upon smiling and esthetics. A photograph of a smiling subject was altered to show varying degrees of gingival display. Female students, who were studying in different colleges, assessed a total of five images, using a numerical rating scale. A total of 440 college students from eight educational faculties (dentistry, dental assistants, medicine, medical technology, nursing, science, arts, and pharmacology) participated in this study. There was no difference found between students' ratings of the altered images (P
ISSN:1179-1357
1179-1357
DOI:10.2147/CCIDE.S53359