OBJECTIVE The images of smiling people are omnipresent in marketing. Frequency, smile characteristics, context of the smile and target audience in newspaper advertisements were points of interest of this study. MATERIAL AND METHODS Four examiners analyzed 600 advertisements from 46 European magazines and newspapers by using content and framing analysis. Twenty items of the analysis form the p...

Insulin is the major hormone that regulates hepatic glucose metabolism by repressing gluconeogenic enzyme-encoding genes, and the counteracting glucagon/protein kinase (PKA)–inducible coactivating peroxisome proliferator– activated receptor g coactivator-1a (PGC-1a) signaling pathway is also well characterized in hepatic glucose metabolism (1–3). Until now, however, the regulation of the insuli...

The need to perform restorations with a natural appearance is one of the most challenging aspects Dentistry, as well reproduction color teeth in clinical challenge, due complex optical characteristics dentition Natural. As use ceramics more opaque restorative materials or different thicknesses, there great difficulty obtaining adequate results relation final restoration. objective this work rep...

In Brief Purpose: To assess whether small-incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) for high myopia reduces the binocular visual function assessed by stereoacuity, acuity, contrast sensitivity, and summation. Setting: University hospital. Design: Prospective case series. Methods: Patients with a myopic spherical equivalent of at least 6.00 diopters (D) scheduled SMILE aimed emmetropia were included...

The smile arc is defined as the relationship of the curvature of the incisal edges of the maxillary incisors and canines to the curvature of the lower lip in the posed smile. The ideal smile arc has the maxillary incisal edge curvature parallel to the curvature of the lower lip. Evaluation of anterior smile esthetics must include both static and dynamic evaluations of profile, frontal, and 45 d...

A patient’s smile expresses a feeling of joy, success, sensuality, affection and courtesy, and reveals self-confidence and kindness. A smile is more than a method of communicating, it is a means of socialization and attraction whose advantages are taken for granted in the media, both publicly and politically (Gandet, 1987). This media portrayal of the stereotyped smile leads to a standardizatio...

Abstract We show that the VIX Index structurally underestimates model-free implied volatility because its implementation omits extrapolation of smile in tails. use asymptotic behavior surface to construct a correction term is model-independent and only requires option prices at two outermost strikes. how apply this ex-post as well modify accordingly. Furthermore, we degree underestimation varie...

Objective: Smile line is an inevitable element in esthetic dentistry; does the lip length have any correspondence to the smile line? Our study provides scientific data as part of an evidence-based assessment regarding the relationship between the upper lip length and smile line in a Malaysian population. Materials and Methods: A randomized sample, consisting of 238 Malaysian aged between 18 35 ...

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this investigation was to broaden the understanding of how various skeletal, dental, and soft-tissue relationships are related to the esthetics of the smile in patients with malocclusions before orthodontic treatment. METHODS Images of the posed smile were captured from digital video clips of 60 growing patients (33 girls, 27 boys) seeking orthodontic treatment; th...

BACKGROUND Hyperactivity of depressor septi nasi muscle leads to smiling deformity and nasal tip depression. Lateral fascicles of this muscle help in widening the nostrils. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the nasal length changes and the alar base and the alar flaring changes during smile. METHODS Standard photographs are performed in the face and lateral vi...