Photos vs silhouettes for evaluation of profile esthetics between white and black evaluators

Pithon, Matheus Melo; Silva, Iane Souza Nery; Almeida, Indira Oliveira; Nery, Marine Soares; Souza, Michele Luz de; Barbosa, George; Santos, Alex Ferreira dos; Coqueiro, Raildo da Silva

doi:10.2319/051513-373.1

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“…On the other hand, Cochrane et al [26] affirm that dentists tend to be more critical than parents and patients regarding the perception of facial esthetics [26]. This corroborates with the study by Pithon et al [27], where lay people assessed the profile of a female patient with accentuated bimaxillary protrusion. The image was altered to produce a series of photos with different lip positions, and, in conclusion, the straight profile was elected to be the most attractive.…”

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Orthodontic Protocol Using Mini-Implant for Class II Treatment in Patient with Special Needs

Ferreira¹,

Lima

Paula

et al. 2016

Case Reports in Dentistry

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Improving facial and dental appearance and social interaction are the main factors for special needs (SN) patients to seek orthodontic treatment. The cooperation of SN patients and their parents is crucial for treatment success. Objective. To show through a case report the satisfactory results, both functional and esthetic, in patients with intellectual disability, congenital nystagmus, and severe scoliosis. Materials Used. Pendulum device with mini-implants as anchorage unit. Results. Improvement of facial and dental esthetics, correction of Class II malocclusion, and no root resorption shown in the radiographic follow-up. Conclusion. Knowing the limitations of SN patients, having a trained team, motivating and counting on the cooperation of parents and patients, and employing quick and low-cost orthodontic therapy have been shown to be the essential factors for treatment success.

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Orthodontic Protocol Using Mini-Implant for Class II Treatment in Patient with Special Needs

Ferreira¹,

Lima

Paula

et al. 2016

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“…Clinically, orthodontists diverge with regard to the use of photographs, silhouettes and cephalometric tracings for evaluating the esthetics of the facial profile [2]. In the present study, silhouettes were used, because with the use of these, factors that influence the observer's concept of attractiveness, such as the color of the skin, eyes and facial marks, among others, may be removed.…”

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“…In order to do this, it is important to understand the patient's dissatisfaction as regards his/her facial pattern, taking into consideration his/ her perception with regard to the esthetics of the face and its relationship with society. [2][3][4].…”

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Effect of mentoplasty on esthetic perception of dental surgeons, dental students and lay persons

Pithon

Guedes

Leal

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Objective: awas to evaluate the influence of mentoplasty on esthetic perception of dental surgeons, dental students and lay persons. In addition, to determine whether the outstanding chin affects the perceived desire for orthognathic surgery. Material and Methods: An image of an ideal silhouette was created. This image was manipulated to create another six images with different degrees of retrogenia and progenia in increments, advancing and receding the chin on a scale of 5 mm (from +15 to -15 mm) in the anteroposterior and vertical directions. Once the images were obtained, a questionnaire was created, which was evaluated by lay persons, dental surgeons and dental students (n = 50). The evaluators used a visual analog scale to analyze the images, establishing a score ranging from 0 to 10. Associated with the scale, the evaluators were asked whether they wished to have some surgical correction performed if the image in question were a representation of their own facial profile. Results: demonstrated that image H (0 mm) was ranked as the most attractive by the dental surgeons, while the dental students and lay persons scored B (-5 mm) as the best image. In general, images A (+15 mm) and D (-15 mm) were those that most induced a desire for corrective surgery. Conclusion: the prognathic and retrognathic facial profiles were unpleasant and perceptible to the dentist, dental student and lay person. The more projected and retracted the chin was, the greater was the desire to have orthognathic surgery performed.KeywordsEsthetics; Mentoplasty; Face.

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“…At this time, it was evaluated whether the individuals were capable of noting differences between the photographs and choosing the one that most pleased them and the one that least pleased them. This method has been described in other studies demonstrating efficacy with regard to the evaluation of perception of changes made to photographs (PINHO et al, 2007;PITHON et al, 2012a-b;PITHON et al, 2013a-b;PITHON et al, 2014c).…”

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Black spaces between maxillary incisors: what is the aesthetic limit?

Pithon¹,

Santos²,

Barreto³

et al. 2015

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ABSTRACT:The focus of this article was evaluates the degree of perception of laypersons of different age groups with respect to smile esthetics in cases involving black spaces between maxillary incisors. Changes were made in a photograph of a smiling female patient, simulating various configurations of black spaces between maxillary incisors. For this purpose an image manipulation Photoshop CS3 was used. For evaluation black spaces of 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, and 2.5 mm in size were created. After digital manipulation, the photographs were printed on photographic paper, attached to a questionnaire, and distributed among laypersons in the age groups of 15-19; 35-44, and 65-74. To evaluate the degree of esthetics, a scale of attractiveness was used, in which a score of 0 would represent ''not very attractive'', 5 ''attractive'' and 10 ''very attractive''. Fisher's exact test, Kruskal-Wallis test and Mann-Whitney test was used (P<0.05). Results showed that the photographs without black space and with black space of 2.5 mm were scored as the most and least attractive, respectively, by all the age groups. The degree of perception of black spaces between maxillary incisors gradually diminished as the age of the groups increased (P<0.05). Black spaces have a negative repercussion on smile esthetics, perceived more easily by younger persons. The larger the black space, less attractive the smile.

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Photos vs silhouettes for evaluation of profile esthetics between white and black evaluators

Cited by 31 publications

References 11 publications

Orthodontic Protocol Using Mini-Implant for Class II Treatment in Patient with Special Needs

Orthodontic Protocol Using Mini-Implant for Class II Treatment in Patient with Special Needs

Effect of mentoplasty on esthetic perception of dental surgeons, dental students and lay persons

Black spaces between maxillary incisors: what is the aesthetic limit?

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