Skip to content

How People and Dental Professionals See Smiles: A Study Using Photographs

Perception of smile by lay persons and dental professionals: A photograph-based questionnaire study - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/05/086342
Enrollment
13
Registered
2025-05-05
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-05-26

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: To assess the smile perception of a lay individual.: To assess the smile perception of a lay individual. Control Intervention1: To assess the smile perception of a dental specialty prof

Sponsors

Dr Saif Momin
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Female individuals belonging to the age group between 18 to 25 years. Female individuals with permanent dentition. General dentists, lay people, Dental professionals from dental specialties. (Orthodontists, Prosthodontists, Endodontists, Periodontists.)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Individuals with prosthetic restorations in anterior teeth. Individuals with completed or ongoing orthodontic treatment. Dental professionals. Individuals with missing teeth. Individuals who have undergone cosmetic procedures like bleaching of teeth. Individuals with facial asymmetry and craniofacial abnormalities.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The primary outcome is the aesthetic score of the smile for each participant, rated independently by each investigator and the participant using a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), where 0 represents the least attractive and 100 the most attractive smileTimepoint: Baseline

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
smile perceptionTimepoint: Only baseline after showing the images

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Hasan Sarfaraz

Yenepoya dental college

drhsarfaraz@yenepoya.edu.in9845083778

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026