The Effect of Smile Designs on Aesthetic Perception

Perception Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Smile Designs Using the Digital Smile Design Program on Aesthetic Perception

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05670431
• Other study ID #: TUTF-GOBAEK 2021/534
• Status: Completed
• Start date: May 15, 2023
• Est. completion date: May 31, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: April 2023
• Source: Trakya University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this observational study is to examine the effect of designs using different aesthetic dental proportions made with the digital smile design program on the aesthetic perception of individuals of different ages, gender, and educational status.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. The golden ratio is the most aesthetic ratio known and accepted in dentofacial structures.

2. There is no significant difference between the aesthetic perception of dental students, dentists, specialist dentists and laypeople.

Participants will answer:

• The first 5 questions related that demographic data such as age, gender, and educational status.

• The smile designs of a woman and a man, prepared according to 8 different principles, will be evaluated by the participants according to the Likert scale.

Researchers will compare the 4th and 5th-grade students of a dentistry faculty, dentists, specialist dentists and laypeople to see the effect of smile design on facial aesthetic perception.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 231
• Est. completion date: May 31, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: May 30, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 70 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Anyone who can answer the survey online

Exclusion Criteria:

• individuals under the age of 18

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Dentistry
• Perception

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Trakya University	Merkez	Edirne

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Trakya University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Likert scale	There are 5 rating levels on the Likerts scale: very ugly, ugly, unstable, beautiful, very beautiful. People in 5 different groups will evaluate different smile designs with a Likert scale according to their aesthetic perceptions.	1 day (single measurement)