ESTHETICS IN ORTHODONTICS

Abstract

Pleasant appearance often means the difference between success and failure in both our personal andprofessional lives. An attractive or pleasant smile clearly enhances the acceptance of the individual in society andthe character of the smile greatly influences the attractiveness and personality of the individual. Aesthetic andattractive smile is one of the most important components that affects the overall facial aesthetics. The paperprovides important information and a systematic overview of beauty, esthetics, esthetics dentistry and cosmeticdentistry. Physical attributes of the elements of the dento-facial composition are presented in this study. The articlefocuses on three components of esthetics: macro, mini and microesthetics, classification and style of the smile.Extraoral and intraoral features of a smile are presented. Dento-facial analysis, dento-labial analysis, dento-gingivalanalysis,and dental analysis are analyzed are presented and described in detail.