Perception of dental appearance and aesthetic analysis among patients, laypersons and dentists

Figure 1  Fitzpatrick scale.

Figure 2  Representative image for digital shade mapping using digital shade detector “Ray Plicker”.

Figure 3  Patient position in reference to camera.

Figure 4 Frontal views. A: Smiling with lips; B: Smiling with retracted lips.

Figure 5  Patients' mean response scores for satisfaction about dental appearance.

Figure 6  Comparison between dentist and laypersons mean score for pictures with lips and without lips.

Figure 7 Extra-oral photograph. A: Average upper lip position, straight upper lip curvature, coincident between upper inter-incisal line and midline, normal buccal corridor, occlusal plane parallel to the commissural line; B: Low upper lip position, straight smile arc, narrow smile line width; C: High upper lip position, the bottom line of the upper teeth formed a consistent curve with the lower lip; D: Upward upper lip curvature; E: Downward upper lip curvature, midline discrepancy to the right, intermediate smile line width; F: Midline discrepancy to the left; G: Proper dental midline coincidence, the bottom line of the upper teeth does not form a consistent curve with the lower lip, wide smile line width; H: Diastema between their central incisors.