Esthetics: a comparison of dentists' and patients' concepts

Drawings and photographs of shape, symmetry, and proportion of maxillary central incisors were evaluated by 112 dentists, 215 dental sutdents, 399 male patients, and 695 female patients. A significant difference was found between the evaluations of patients and dentists; the preferences of dental student; were between those of patients and dentists. Male and female patients had similar opinions.