Table 1.

Dental Aesthetic Index items in order of recording

Aesthetic Index Components	Regression coefficients (Rounded weights)
Missing visible teeth (incisor, canine, or premolar teeth in maxillary and mandibular arches)	6
Crowding in the incisal segments (0 = no segment crowded; 1 = 1 segment crowded; 2 = 2 segments crowded)	1
Spacing in the incisal segments (0 = no spacing; 1 = 1 segment spaced; 2 = 2 segments spaced)	1
Midline diastema in mm	3
Largest anterior irregularity in mm (maxillary)	1
Largest anterior irregularity in mm (mandibular)	1
Anterior maxillary over-jet in mm	2
Anterior mandibular over-jet in mm	4
Vertical anterior open-bite in mm	4
Anterior-posterior molar relation (0 = Normal; 1 = 1/2cusp; 2 = Fullcusp)	3
Constant	13