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• TITLE: Dental Aesthetics: A Study Comparing Patients’ Own Opinions with Those of Dentists

  AUTHORS: Richard John Moon, Brian James Millar

  KEYWORDS: Dental Aesthetics, Self-Assessment, Patient, Dentist

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Stomatology, Vol.7 No.4, April 17, 2017

  ABSTRACT: Objective: A beautiful smile is perceived as important but the components that contribute to the patient’s concept of a beautiful smile have not been fully investigated. Hence this study aimed to compare the views of patients on their own dental aesthetics with those of a group of dentists. It also assessed the patients’ willingness to undergo aesthetic treatment. Methods: Fifty patients, who ranged in age from 24 to 76 years, completed self-assessment questionnaires. Photographs were taken of these patients, which were subsequently assessed by six dentists using a questionnaire with visual analogue scale to assess each parameter. Results: Significant differences (p