All patients expect a beautiful smile at the completion of orthodontic treatment, but some patients show concern regarding their appearance while undergoing treatment. The appearance of a gap from a missing tooth can be a concern, especially if it is in the display zone of a patient's smile. If the treatment plan includes prosthetic replacement of the missing tooth rather then space closure, th...

The depressor septi nasi muscle (DSNM) is very important in nose dynamics. Its hyperactivity in some rhinoplasty patients while they smiling or speaking causes a deformity that includes drooping of the nasal tip, elevation and shortening of the upper lip, and increased maxillary gingival show.

Control Deficiencies and Improve Nutritional Status and General Health in Asia (SMILING) Project number: 289616 Deliverable number: D3.2 Deliverable name: Annotated bibliography of food consumption information in the five SEA countries Version (or mention the date): Version 1 (June, 2012) WP number: WP3 Lead beneficiary: Wageningen University Nature: R Dissemination level: PU Delivery date from...

Five-month-old infants of nondepressed and clinically depressed mothers were habituated to either a face with a neutral expression or the same face with a smile. Infants of nondepressed mothers subsequently discriminated between neutral and smiling facial expressions, whereas infants of clinically depressed mothers failed to make the same discrimination.

Individuals with a dismissing-avoidant pattern of attachment are assumed to repress anxiety-related signals, a disposition hypothesized to interfere with facial mimicry and emotional contagion. Further, they are assumed to have one internal working model associated with anxiety, operating out of awareness at early, automatic stages of information processing, and another positive model operating...

PURPOSE To evaluate esthetic perceptions based on tooth exposure when smiling of patients wearing complete dentures by evaluators in different age groups. MATERIALS AND METHODS Alterations were made to a front view photograph of a smiling patient wearing complete maxillary and mandibular dentures. Alterations in the smile line were simulated to increase or decrease tooth exposure (increments ...

Melanin pigmentation of the gingiva is a common occurrence. Depending on the gingival display during smiling, corrective measures may be needed for an esthetic purpose. Diode laser is a minimally invasive treatment option for the treatment of gingival melanin pigmentation. Three case reports of gingival depigmentation procedure performed using a 980 nm diode laser are presented here.

8 Six-month-old infants (N = 43) showed differences in the frequency of neutral/positive vocalizations 9 produced when exposed to a standard (parent gazes at infant) versus modified still-face condition (parent 10 gazes above infant). No significant differences in smiling, social gaze, negative affect, and fuss/cry 11 vocalizations were observed. © 2002 Published by Elsevier Science Inc. 12