Volume 6 Issue 6 (November - December), 2020

Original Articles

ASSESSMENT OF SMILE TYPE IN KNOWN POPULATION- A CLINICAL STUDY
Jogesh Purohit, Ankit Gupta, Deepti Gupta, Purnima Purohit

Background: Dento-facial aesthetics has an important role in dental practice of the contemporary era, reflected by increasing demands for more cosmetic and aesthetic procedures by the patients. The present study was conducted to assess different smiles in known population. Materials & Methods: 108 subjects of both genders were enrolled. Parameters such as smile line, smile arc and smile type was assessed. Results: Out of 108 patients, males were 50 and females were 58. Smile line was low in 30, average in 46 and high in 32, smile arc was consonant in 48, straight in 40 and reverse in 14 and smile type was commissure in 38, cuspid in 52 and complex in 18. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Conclusion: In most of the subjects smile line was average, smile arc was consonant and smile type was cuspid. Key words: Smile line, Cuspid, Smile type

 
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