Perception of The Aesthetics of a Smile in Patients Post Using Orthodonic Treatment Based on Characteristics

Abstract

Aesthetics is a philosophy of the concept of beauty which is the reason people takeorthodontic treatment. One of the factors that influence aesthetics is a smile. Apartfrom personal experiences and social environment, the patient's perception of theaesthetics of the smile after orthodontic treatment can be influenced bycharacteristics. This study aims to determine the perception of smile aesthetics inpost-orthodontic patients based on characteristics. This type of research isdescriptive analytic with cross sectional design. The study population were patientswho were recorded in medical records at the practice of drg. Josep Ginting, Sp. Ortin Pontianak, West Kalimantan Province with a sample size of 30 people. Collectingdata by distributing questionnaires containing nine aesthetic indicators of smilesthrough the WhatsApp application. Data were analyzed using the Mann Whitneytest. Based on the results of the study, it was seen that there were differences inthe aesthetic perceptions of respondents' smiles based on age (p = 0.017), gender(p = 0.004) and education (p = 0.015). The conclusion of this study is that there aredifferences in patient perceptions of aesthetic smile after orthodontic treatmentbased on the characteristics in the practice of drg. Josep Ginting, drg, Sp. Ort inPontianak, West Kalimantan.