PERCEPTION OF BUCCAL CORRIDOR SPACE ON SMILE ESTHETICS

Objective: To evaluate the perception of Buccal corridor space on smile esthetics by different age groups. Materials and Methods: One frontal digital photograph of both the gender displaying the left first molar to right first molar was taken. The buccal corridor was modified digitally in increments of 5%, from 0% to 25% compared with the inner commissural width. After that six photographs for each gender were obtained with decreasing width of the dental arch and increasing width of the buccal corridor.