Patients' self-perception of dentofacial attractiveness before and after exposure to facial photographs

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 517-524

  Bonetti, Giulio Alessandri ^a   Alberti, Andrea ^a   Sartini, Claudio ^b   Parenti, Serena Incerti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Regional Agency for Environmental Prevention of Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dentofacial attractiveness; Facial photographs; Profile; Self perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOGRAPHY, DENTAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953865891     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 00033219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2319/101510-606.1     Document Type: Article

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