Practice abstract
British Dental Journal 198, 737 - 742 (2005)
Published online: 25 June 2005 | doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4812411
Verifiable CPD Paper:
Anterior dental aesthetics: Historical perspective
I Ahmad1
- Aesthetics is neither an art nor a science, but a fusion of the two.
- Ancient Greeks postulated basic concepts in an endeavour to quantify beauty, including the Divine Proportion, symmetry, unity and harmony.
- The Gestalt Principle is a psychological theory, which can be used for unifying aesthetics in a logical manner.
ANTERIOR DENTAL AESTHETICS
- Historical perspective
- Facial perspective
- Dento-facial perspective
- Dental perspective
- Gingival perspective
- Psychological perspectivet*
*Part 6 available in the BDJ Book
Abstract
The purpose of this series is to convey the principles governing our aesthetic senses. Usually meaning visual perception, aesthetics is not merely limited to the ocular apparatus. The concept of aesthetics encompasses both the time — arts such as music, theatre, literature and film, as well as space — arts such as paintings, sculpture and architecture.
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