The Mental Representation of the Smile Before and After Orthodontic Treatment

Dias, Maria do Rosário; Ferreira, Ana; Alves, Valter Pedroso; Delgado, Ana Sintra

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“…The methodological approach used a combination of quantitative and qualitative criteria to analyze the content of a group of patient drawings. The participants of the sample accurately recognized how the task (centered on the teeth) was being carried out, which indicates that just one person drew the category teeth with the orthodontic device fitted (Figure 1) [1][2][3].…”

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“…According to the literature study, the appearance of the smile and the subject's self-esteem are secondary determinants of psychosocial factors that support the use of an orthodontic device, with the degree of malocclusion serving as the primary predictor. According to some authors, malocclusions [2,[25][26][27]30] appear to have a greater psychosocial impact than other parameters, indicating that subjects appear to be more concerned with the position of their teeth within the dental arch than with the esthetics of their smile [31].…”

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“…It is still of great scientific curiosity to comprehend the significance and self-image that a smile psychologically conveys in people's daily lives [1][2][3]. It is essential that the smile contribute to the facial harmony.…”

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From the Orthodontic Smile to the Perfect Smile: A New Categorization

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The facial symmetry from an esthetic standpoint is crucial. However, there are not much research that examine the malocclusion issue or the significance of the mouth and smile in the mental representation of the face. In this study, 151 kids and teenagers, both genders, aged 8 to 24, were asked to sketch two self-portraits of their mouths or smiles—before (and during) the usage of the orthodontic appliance. Participants seek therapy mostly for functional problems rather than cosmetic ones. The findings of this study provide insight into the significance of the mouth and smile for an individual’s sense of self and psychological well, where the maximization of the mental representation of the orthodontic smile emerges as a new categorization of the perfect smile.

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“…Understanding the importance of smiling in terms of the intrapsychic perception (mental representation) of the individual's self-image, in the context of established interpersonal relationships, is a highly scientific topic [1][2][3]. The face is the area of the human body where emotions seem to be externalized, consciously or unconsciously, through facial expressions.…”

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“…Along these lines, Freitas Magalhães (2009) defined four types of smiles: (i) the Wide Smile, (ii) the Neutral Smile, (iii) the Upper Smile, and (iv) the Closed Smile. From this empirical perspective, the upper smile and the closed smile, show greater expressiveness in interpersonal relationships [2][3][4][5].…”

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Is the Orthodontic Smile Considered as Aesthetic in Adult Patients?

do Rosario Dias

2023

Open Access J Dent Oral Surg

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In the last five years, pioneer studies were carried out in the Egas Moniz University Clinic surrounding the mental representation of the smile, centred on adolescent patients wearing orthodontic appliances, emerging with the results obtained as a new form of categorizing the perfect smile: The Orthodontic Smile. The present study is qualitative and exploratory and aims to understand the importance of the self-perception (mental representation) of the smile, now with the help of a new age range - Adult Patients. The sample consists of 100 subjects in the adult phase (25–59 y), namely patients wearing orthodontic appliances who were asked to draw two percepts about the self-perception of their own smile in two distinct moments: the first drawing, corresponding to before the wear of the orthodontic appliance (M1), and the second one, corresponding to drawing their smile after undergoing the orthodontic treatment (M2). The content analysis of the 200 drawings obtained was realized through a grid of content analysis, constituted by categories and subcategories. The patients also filled out a sociodemographic questionnaire, in which they responded to four open-ended questions in relation to the mental representation of the smile. Regarding the content analysis of the narrative, we highlight the fact that a Nice Smile seems to be mostly described as a Natural Smile and Aligned, being a motive for the seeking of dental treatment, primarily aesthetic issues, followed by functional considerations. When comparing the drawings before (M1) and after (M2) the wear of orthodontic appliances, the Category Broad Smile, is set up as the smile chosen as the most aesthetic. It seems that aesthetic motives represent the motivational power for the patient in the adult phase, when they decide to look for Orthodontic treatment.

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The Mental Representation of the Smile Before and After Orthodontic Treatment

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From the Orthodontic Smile to the Perfect Smile: A New Categorization

From the Orthodontic Smile to the Perfect Smile: A New Categorization

Is the Orthodontic Smile Considered as Aesthetic in Adult Patients?

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