A dynamic smile is desirable at all age groups and orthodontists are smile architects. To construct a beautiful smile the various macro esthetic and micro esthetic factors must be kept in mind. Frontal esthetics is very crucial and poor frontal esthetics can be very bothering for the patient. In this article we are presenting a case report on how a simple removable appliance addressed the chief...

The mental state of a person is judged by detecting smiles. The smile detection starts with the facial recognition. The main advantage of the smile detection is it ensures whether smiles are detected by the camera or not. We compare those set of images and determine which image has the best smile. Now, across the mouth region to detect the corners we use Shi-Tomasi corner detection algorithm as...

For decades, dentistry has been evolving into a profession that is extremely multifaceted and varied in its approach to both smile and facial esthetics. The coordination of macro esthetics (the face), mini esthetics (the smile), and micro esthetics (the dental esthetic component) offers a complete approach to esthetic planning. This article presents an expanded vision of esthetic treatment desi...

INTRODUCTION A canted occlusal plane presents an unesthetic element of the smile. The correction of this asymmetry has been typically considered difficult by orthodontists, as it requires complex mechanics and may sometimes even require orthognathic surgery. OBJECTIVE This paper outlines the case of a 29-year-old woman with Class II malocclusion, pronounced midline deviation and accentuated o...

We investigated the correspondence between perceived meanings of smiles and their morphological and dynamic characteristics. Morphological characteristics included co-activation of Orbicularis oculi (AU 6), smile controls, mouth opening, amplitude, and asymmetry of amplitude. Dynamic characteristics included duration, onset and offset velocity, asymmetry of velocity, and head movements. Smile c...

Some believe orthodontics has undergone a “paradigm shift” to focus more on esthetics, with emphasis on the soft tissues surrounding the mouth. This web based study evaluated changes in attractiveness based on computerized variations of smile arcs and buccal corridors for male and female smiles judged by orthodontists and laypersons on a visual analog scale. The results indicate that both laype...

The aims of this study were to determine if there were any differences in the thickness of the lip levator musculature in men and women, and whether the height of the smile line in adults was related to the thickness of the lip levator musculature. Thirty Caucasian (13 males, 17 females), and 24 Asian (11 males, 13 females) undergraduate dental students participated in this study. The subjects ...

Purpose. To compare dry eye disease following SMILE versus FS-LASIK. Design. Prospective, nonrandomised, observational study. Patients. 90 patients undergoing refractive surgery for myopia were included. 47 eyes underwent SMILE and 43 eyes underwent FS-LASIK. Methods. Evaluation of dry eye disease was conducted preoperatively and at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months postoperatively, using the Salisbury Ey...