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Orthodontic Smile Esthetics

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The smile is a key expression in social life. It is a voluntary facial expression indicating happiness, pleasure and greeting . An esthetic smile is a primary treatment goal in both orthodontic and surgical orthodontic treatment1and is a major impetus for seeking orthodontic treatment2. Orthodontist should be skillful enough to produce an attractive smile with treatment3. Angle and his proponents had since long advocated the use of non-extraction modalities of treatment for dealing with complex malocclusions.He stressed on the presence of full complement of teeth in the dental arch that would result in ideal occlusion and at the same time would also enhance facial esthetics ,promoting a senese of harmony and balance between dental , skeletal and soft tissue components. …show more content…

Various studies have evaluated the treated smiles by judgement of specialists and laypersons3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11 but there are very few studies which have evaluated changes in smile esthetics before (pretreatment) and after (post treatment) non-extraction orthodontic treatment12.There are very few studies that have compared smiles between orthodontically treated and untreated individuals4,9. Therefore the aims of this investigation were to evaluate smile esthetics before and after Non-extraction Orthodontic treatment and comparison of changes in various smile parameters following treatment with untreated control group.In this article orthodontic treatment refers to basically the non-extraction modality of

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