The Effect of Vertical Skeletal Pattern in Lateral Negative Space during Posed Smile.

Abstract

Introduction Ideal soft tissues render balance in a face and confer beauty. Beauty is the phenomenon of experiencing pleasure through the perception of balance.1 Facial attractiveness has various essential components including balanced skeletal bases, harmonious soft tissues, proportionate relationship between hard and soft tissues and many others. The re-emergence of the soft tissue paradigm in clinical orthodontics has made smile analysis and designing, key elements in treatment planning. Conclusively, smile is an integral constituent of the facial attractiveness of a person. Smile is considered the universal friendly greeting in all cultures. A wide attractive smile expedites easy psychosocial adjustability of the patient in the community around. It is expressed as a result of pleasure, emotional agreement, amusement, a friendly gesture and to convey compassion. The importance of physical and facial attractiveness in which the smile plays a major role, has been studied and related to job recruitment decisions, initial impressions, susceptibility to peer acceptance, voting and juror decisions and social interactions.2,3 Gender, age and income among other factors have influenced people’s perception of attractiveness of smiles.4,5.

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Deepak Meena

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Deepak Meena (2019). The Effect of Vertical Skeletal Pattern in Lateral Negative Space during Posed Smile.. International Journal of Dental Science and Innovative Research (IJDSIR), 2(2), 135-138. https://europub.co.uk./articles/-A-578094