Research Article
The Relationship between Personality Profiles and the Esthetic Perception of Orthodontic Appliances
Table 2
Comparison between laypeople and dentistry workers regarding smile evaluation.
| | Smile avaluation | Total | Laypeople (%) | Dentistry workers (%) | χ2 | p | Φ |
| How do you rate this smile?
(Figure 1) | | | | | | | | Ugly | 14 (3.0) | 2 (0.6) | 12 (8.6) | 38.330 | <0.001 | 0.29 | | Neutral | 146 (31.7) | 87 (27.0) | 59 (42.4) | — | — | — | | Beautiful | 266 (57.7) | 202 (62.7) | 64 (46.0) | — | — | — | | Very beautiful | 35 (7.6) | 31 (9.6) | 4 (2.9) | — | — | — | If there were your smile, would you improve it with an orthodontic treatment?
(Figure 1) | | | | | | | | Yes | 122 (26.5) | 62 (19.3) | 60 (43.2) | — | — | — | | No | 224 (48.6) | 179 (55.6) | 45 (32.4) | 31.763 | <0.001 | 0.26 | | Maybe | 115 (24.9) | 81 (25.2) | 34 (24.5) | — | — | — |
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% = percentage; χ2 = Qui-squared; p = p-value; Φ = phi.
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