Esthetics: Patients' perceptions of dental attractiveness

Journal of Prosthodontics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 166-171

  Dunn, William J ^a   Murchison, David F ^a,b   Broome, James C ^a,c  

^a USAF   (United States)

^b KEESLER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DAVID GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental morphology; Esthetic dentistry; Patient expectations; Smiles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR; DENTAL CARE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOOTH;

COLOR; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMILING; TOOTH;

EID: 0030225753     PISSN: 1059941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-849X.1996.tb00292.x     Document Type: Article

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