Abstract
Aim: To examine the influence of gingival esthetics on the esthetic perception of wide smile; as when the subject smiles more openly exposing the gingiva and how it is esthetically appreciated by the common people and to correlate the gold standard criteria (Gingival zenith alignment is considered gold standard here) with the manipulated gingival esthetics. Materials & Methods: 50 clinical and 50 nonclinical students, a total of 100 students were involved in the study to score the esthetics of the smile photographs shown to them. Results: clinical and non clinical students were not able to find all the manipulated smiles as unesthetic smile. Conclusion: Gold standard factors like Gingival zenith doesn’t always play an important role in determining esthetic smile.
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