Practice abstract
British Dental Journal 199, 15 - 21 (2005)
Published online: 9 July 2005 | doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4812534
Subject Category: Aesthetic dentistry
Anterior dental aesthetics: Facial perspective
I Ahmad1
- The face is the most recognisable feature of the body.
- Philosophers, scientists and sociologists have assigned many personality traits to facial features.
- Numerous ideas exist for linking facial landmarks to determine and influence the shape of the maxillary anterior teeth.
- Two key reference lines, interpupillary and incisal, are crucial for anterior aesthetics.
Anterior dental aesthetics
- Historical perspective
- Facial perspective
- Dento-facial perspective
- Dental perspective
- Gingival perspective
- Psychological perspective*
*Part 6 available in the BDJ Book of this series
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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