“Smile – A Diagnostic Tool: Photographic analysis in Adult Gujarati Population”

Abstract

Smile analysis forms an important component of the frontal facial assessment.Analysing the smile and obtaining averages for various smile components give an idea about a standard of normalcy to serve as a guideline for the creation of esthetic smile. Material &Methods :This cross-sectional study was undertaken to analyse smile in Gujarati population.Frontal view photographs of 100 subjects distributed equally in to 50 males and 50 females were taken from government dental college & hospital , Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Results :More percentage of females showed consonant smile arc and high anterior smile line than their counterparts in this study. No statistically significant correlation was found between anterior smile height , posterior smile height , smile curve &buccal corridor width in males and females.