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Esthetic Preferences Of Maxillary Incisor Labiolingual Inclination Across Races, Elvi M. Barcoma
Esthetic Preferences Of Maxillary Incisor Labiolingual Inclination Across Races, Elvi M. Barcoma
Theses and Dissertations
Abstract
ESTHETIC PREFERENCES FOR MAXILLARY INCISOR LABIOLINGUAL INCLINATION ACROSS RACES
by Elvi Marie Barcoma, D.D.S.
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Dentistry at Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University, 2015
Major Director: Bhavna Shroff, D.M.D., M.Dent.Sc, Program Director, Orthodontics
Objective: To determine if people of different racial backgrounds prefer different amounts of
maxillary incisor labiolingual inclination from a smiling profile view.
Materials and Methods: An electronic survey was created with smiling profile images of an African-American female and a White female with varying degrees of maxillary incisor labiolingual inclination. …