Appraisal of Different Parameters of Smile Esthetics for Facial

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Romilkumar Shah, Rahul Rajendran Nair

Abstract

Objective: The objective of this systematic review was to appraise the various parameters of different parameters involved in smile esthetics for facial attractiveness and to determine the most important parameters of an esthetic smile that affect the facial attractiveness.
Methods: The data for this systematic review was collected from search engines like PubMed, Cochrane Library and Google Scholar. From these search engines all data was screened until December 2020. All the studies analyzing the various parameters of an esthetically pleasing smile were screened and filtered according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Two researchers screened and analyzed the data from the mentioned search engines.
Results: After screening the data from the search engines and filtering them according to inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of 16 articles were included in this systematic review. These included observational photographic studies, video-graphic studies, cross sectional studies and review articles.
Conclusions: Parameters like smile arc, buccal corridor spaces, Morley’s ratio, smile symmetry, smile index/modified smile index, gingival display, incisal edge position, arch form, dental and facial midlines and golden proportions were the ones most commonly assessed.

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