Table 3.
Frequency and Percentage of Accurate Responses of All Participants for Individual Images
| Investigated Esthetic Aspects | Image No | All Participants | Students | Clinicians | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students N = 346 (%) |
Clinicians N = 69 (%) | p-value | 3rd Year n = 113 (%) | 4th Year n = 91 (%) | 5th Year n = 72 (%) | Intern n = 70 (%) | p-value | GP n = 27 (%) | Specialists n = 42 (%) | p-value | ||
| Gingival esthetics D | 1 | 191 (55.2%) | 39 (57.4%) | 0.74 | 61 (54.0) | 46 (50.5) | 39 (64.2) | 45 (64.3) | 0.36 | 15 (57.7) | 24 (57.1) | 0.59 |
| 2 | 62 (18.3%) | 20 (29.4%) | 0.03* | 20 (18.2) | 20 (22.2) | 12 (17.4) | 10 (14.5) | 0.65 | 11 (42.3) | 9 (21.4) | 0.05 | |
| 16 | 107 (30.9%) | 27 (39.1%) | 0.18 | 29 (25.7) | 27 (29.7) | 28 (38.9) | 23 (32.9) | 0.28 | 11 (40.7) | 16 (38.1) | 0.31 | |
| 18 | 164 (47.4%) | 39 (56.5%) | 0.21 | 43 (38.1) | 43 (47.3) | 38 (52.8) | 40 (57.1) | 0.06* | 14 (51.9) | 25 (59.5) | 0.11 | |
| Lip features B | 3 | 122 (35%) | 28 (41.2%) | 0.36 | 45 (40.2) | 32 (35.2) | 24 (33.3) | 21 (30.0) | 0.54 | 14 (53) | 14 (33.3) | 0.25 |
| 6 | 119 (34.4%) | 21 (30.4%) | 0.52 | 27 (23.9) | 28 (30.8) | 37 (51.4) | 27 (38.6) | 0.001* | 9 (33.3) | 12 (28.6) | 0.81 | |
| Midline shift G | 4 | 71 (20.7%) | 27 (39.1%) | 0.001* | 19 (17.1) | 19 (20.9) | 12 (16.7) | 21 (30.4) | 0.13 | 13 (48.1) | 14 (33.3) | 0.20 |
| 5 | 174 (50.3%) | 38 (55.1%) | 0.47 | 56 (49.6) | 50 (54.9) | 33 (45.8) | 35 (50) | 0.71 | 18 (66.7) | 20 (47.6) | 0.11 | |
| Smile zone C | 7 | 228 (65.9%) | 48 (69.6%) | 0.55 | 75 (66.4) | 55 (60.4) | 45 (62.5) | 53 (75.7) | 0.20 | 13 (48.1) | 35 (83.3) | 0.008* |
| 9 | 78 (22.5%) | 25 (36.2%) | 0.016* | 21 (18.6) | 17 (18.7) | 19 (26.4) | 21 (30.0) | 0.26 | 4 (14.8) | 21 (50.0) | 0.007* | |
| 12 | 86 (24.9%) | 17 (25.0%) | 0.98 | 30 (26.5) | 16 (17.6) | 24 (33.3) | 16 (22.9) | 0.13 | 4 (15.4) | 13 (31.0) | 0.17 | |
| Tooth alignment H | 10 | 213 (61.6%) | 42 (60.9%) | 0.91 | 81 (71.7) | 46 (50.5) | 40 (55.6) | 46 (66.9) | 0.01* | 11 (40.7) | 31 (73.8) | 0.019* |
| 11 | 286 (82.7%) | 58 (84.1%) | 0.78 | 98 (86.7) | 65 (71.4) | 62 (86.1) | 61 (87.1) | 0.012* | 20 (74.1) | 38 (90.5) | 0.17 | |
| Tooth features E | 13 | 125 (36.2%) | 30 (43.5%) | 0.26 | 40 (35.4) | 24 (26.4) | 25 (35.2) | 36 (51.4) | 0.01* | 10 (37) | 20 (47.6) | 0.26 |
| 14 | 214 (62%) | 50 (72.5%) | 0.13 | 67 (59.3) | 50 (55.6) | 49 (68.1) | 48 (68.6) | 0.22 | 18 (66.7) | 32 (76.2) | 0.63 | |
| 15 | 194 (56.1%) | 45 (65.2%) | 0.16 | 61 (54) | 48 (52.9) | 38 (52.8) | 47 (67.1) | 0.22 | 15 (55.6) | 30 (71.4) | 0.07 | |
| 17 | 167 (48.3%) | 34 (49.3%) | 0.88 | 44 (38.9) | 44 (48.4) | 37 (51.4) | 42 (60.0) | 0.04* | 14 (61.9) | 20 (47.6) | 0.94 | |
| Facial features A | 19 | 250 (72.3%) | 58 (84.1%) | 0.04* | 72 (63.7) | 68 (74.4) | 55 (76.4) | 55 (78.6) | 0.09 | 19 (70.4) | 39 (92.9) | 0.029* |
| 23 | 251 (72.5%) | 58 (84.1%) | 0.04* | 71 (62.8) | 63 (69.2) | 60 (83.3) | 57 (81.4) | 0.005* | 20 (74.1) | 38 (90.5) | 0.09 | |
| Buccal corridor F | 20 | 75 (21.8%) | 24 (34.8%) | 0.02* | 4 (3.6) | 12 (13.2) | 37 (51.4) | 22 (31.4) | >0.0001* | 2 (7.4) | 22 (52.4) | <0.0001* |
| 22 | 20 (5.8%) | 11 (15.9%) | 0.003* | 1 (0.9) | 1 (1.1) | 16 (22.2) | 2 (2.9) | <0.0001* | 0 (0) | 11 (26.2) | _ | |
| Ideal I | 8 | 172 (50.3%) | 34 (49.3%) | 0.89 | 63 (55.8) | 43 (48.9) | 30 (41.7) | 36 (52.2) | 0.30 | 15 (55.6) | 19 (45.2) | 0.62 |
| 21 | 221 (63.9%) | 43 (62.3%) | 0.81 | 77 (68.1) | 64 (70.3) | 45 (62.5) | 35 (50.0) | 0.04* | 19 (70.4) | 24 (57.1) | 0.52 | |
Note: *Statistically significant.