Aesthetic perception of patient in developmental age in interceptive orthodontic treatment

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ABSTRACT

Aim

Patients at development age show considerable attention to the shape of the face from both an aesthetic and relational point of view, to arouse interest from researchers. There are few studies related to profile analysis in patients of developmental age. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to analyse the importance of the aesthetic perception of the patient in development age in relation to the profile, before and after interceptive orthodontic treatment.

Material and methods

A sample of 25 patients who came to our observation for dentoskeletal malocclusions was considered. A questionnaire was proposed to each patient, before and after the interceptive orthodontic treatment (T0 and T1), to evaluate the aesthetic perception before and after the orthodontic treatment and its psychosocial impact. Profile analysis was performed using photographic documentation (at T0 and T1). The variables considered were the Ricketts line, the facial convexity angle, the nasolabial angle, and the labiomental angle.

Results

The variables assessed showed at T0 a negative aesthetic perception of the face and profile, also referable in some cases to some bullying incidents. After orthodontic treatment (T1), the results of the aesthetic analysis showed statistically significant changes associated with a high degree of satisfaction not only with the face but also with the profile.

Conclusion

Interceptive orthodontic treatment has proven to be of valid clinical and psychological help. This result is confirmed by the complete aesthetic satisfaction of the patient in the frontal and latero-lateral planes.

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