Abstract

Smile is an important social asset. Esthetics and posed smile are the two key factors to take into account before initiating orthodontic treatment. Better knowledge of the profile, soft tissue, and incisor display normally during smile helps to provide better treatment and restore the normal state by correcting any aberrant incisor and smile modifications. This study aims to find if in the eastern UP population, the display of incisors when smiling is gender-specific or not. Research includes 90 subjects with equal distribution of men and women. The subjects were photographed with posed smiles or representative smile for the application of the smile analysis. The photographs were transferred to the computer and measurements were taken with software. The parameters of hard and soft tissues were recorded. Study concludes when compared to their female counterparts, males had significantly higher lip commissure heights on both the left and right side and the difference in the display of central incisor was more significant in men showing a marked decrease in posed smile.

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