[Reactions of school children to the appearance of teeth]

Using a questionnaire the author collected data from 170 school children aged 9 to 12 years. In 70% the children came from the families of intelligentsia and in 30% from working classes. The responses to the questionnaire made possible establishing the number of children given nicknames, establishing the cause of the nickname and reaction to it. The own opinion of own appearance was presented by the children who were asked to answer the questions about the physical feature of own body with which they were dissatisfied and which they would like to change. Nicknames of various origin had 72.12% of children. The most frequent were distortions of the first name or family name. No nickname referred to the appearance of teeth. In 81.75% of cases the children were not offended by the nicknames, but nicknames referring to physical features were usually disliked. In self-opinions on own appearance the children mentioned teeth as a feature which they would like to change as first.