Tooth color: Effects on judgments of attractiveness and age

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-48

  Grosofsky, Alexis ^a   Adkins, Sarah ^a   Bastholm, Robert ^a   Meyer, Leif ^a   Krueger, Lisa ^a   Meyer, Joshua ^a   Torma, Peter ^a  

^a BELOIT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DENTAL CARE; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH DISCOLORATION;

ADULT; AGING; ATTITUDE; BEAUTY; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TOOTH BLEACHING; TOOTH DISCOLORATION;

EID: 0042344841     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2003.96.1.43     Document Type: Article

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