Age and aesthetics perception related to different types of orthodontic devices. Is there a relationship?
| Autor: | Aline dos Santos Letieri, Matheus Melo Pithon, Raildo da Silva Coqueiro, Clarissa Christina Avelar Fernandez, Lucianne Cople Maia, Stefanni Olga Aguiar Sales Lima |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Attractiveness
Visual analogue scale media_common.quotation_subject Orthodontics Mean age 030206 dentistry 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Age groups Aesthetics Male patient Perception Statistical analysis 030212 general & internal medicine Analysis of variance Psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the World Federation of Orthodontists. 7:29-33 |
| ISSN: | 2212-4438 |
| Popis: | Objective To verify in different age groups if the use of different types of braces influences their perception of aesthetics and estimated age of the patients. Methods The subjects were randomly selected and allocated into three groups: adolescents (15–19 years; n = 120), adults (35–44 years; n = 120), and elderly (65–74 years; n = 120). Each participant received seven images on photographic paper and were asked to answer a questionnaire, to evaluate each individual smile through the Visual Analogue Scale and to estimate the age of each person. The images were obtained from digital frontal photographs of volunteers and were digitally altered to show blue, gray, and aesthetic orthodontic devices. Statistical analysis was performed to verify the isolated effect of the type of orthodontic device and in interaction with the evaluators’ characteristics using the analysis of variance two-way test. Results There was no significant difference in descriptive characteristics between the groups of evaluators. The control image was similarly evaluated in relation to the attractiveness of the smile and to the age attributed by all groups. A higher average attractiveness score was observed for the blue device in the young male patient and a lower mean age attributed to the elderly male patient using the gray orthodontic apparatus; both effects were independent of the gender, race, and age group of the evaluators. Conclusion Our data suggest that the use of the blue device increases the attractiveness of the smile in young male patients and that the gray device makes the elderly male patient look younger. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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