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İnönü E., Erez Palacı A. B., Nişancı Yılmaz M. N., Ertüz D., İnce Bingöl S., Arayıcı M. E.
EuroPerio11, Vienna, Avusturya, 14 - 17 Mayıs 2025, ss.1
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Yayın Türü:
Bildiri / Özet Bildiri
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Basıldığı Şehir:
Vienna
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Basıldığı Ülke:
Avusturya
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Sayfa Sayıları:
ss.1
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Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli:
Evet
Özet
Background & Aim: Clinicians should have adequate knowledge of orofacial and dental esthetics principles to provide a beautiful smile. However, esthetic criteria and perception of beauty vary from one person to another and are influenced by the social characteristics as well as the professions of individuals. This study aimed to assess and compare the perception of laypersons and dental professionals of smile esthetics based on different conditions of soft tissue esthetics during a smile.
Methods: A frontal close-up ideal smile photo of a woman was digitally altered to create gingival inflammation, pigmentation, contour, the position of free gingival margins (with and without recession), zeniths, interdental papilla, and gingival exposure. The final images were randomly rated by 90 evaluators: 30 dentists, 30 periodontists, and 30 lay people. Questionnaire was carried out by a single researcher and each rater was asked to evaluate the attractiveness of the smile images by using the Q sort technique. Comparisons between groups were conducted using the Mann-Whitney U test.
Results: Variations in gingival inflammation were the most negatively ranked by dentists (mean score: -4.31), laypersons (mean score: -3.44) and periodontists (mean score: -3.44), followed by gingiva color changes due to pigmentation (mean scores: -2.51,-3.19, and -1.42, respectively). In terms of gingival pigmentation, dentists' mean scores (median = -3.00, IQR: -4.25- -1.00) were significantly lower than periodontists' and laypeople's scores (median = -2.00 and -4.00, IQR: -3.00–0.00 and -5.00- -2.00 respectively) (p = 0.001). Alteration of gingival contour and the gingival display was found the least impact on smile esthetics in all participants.
Conclusions: Laypersons and dental professionals had similar perceptions of smile esthetics. All groups were more tolerant of the gingival margin shape and gingival display. The results of this study may guide clinicians in evidence-based diagnosis and the planning of dental esthetic treatments.