Table 2.
Median (interquartile range) and mean (standard deviation) of the visual analog scale score for smile attractiveness perception as evaluated by each variable (lip thickness, lipstick color, and tooth shade) by all participants and each rater group.
| Rater group | Variable | ||||||||
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| Lip thickness | Lipstick color | Tooth shade | |||||||
| Thick | Medium | Thin | Red | Pink | Orange | 0M1 | 0M3 | A1 | |
| All | 4.26 (4.18) | 4.15 (4.00) | 2.67 (3.95) | 4.33 (4.28) | 3.34 (4.02) | 3.36 (3.85) | 3.95 (4.13) | 3.73 (4.18) | 3.36 (4.02) |
| 4.32 (2.68) | 4.28 (2.62) | 3.29 (2.60) | 4.45 (2.72) | 3.75 (2.68) | 3.69 (2.56) | 4.15 (2.70) | 4.00 (2.71) | 3.73 (2.60) | |
| A | A | B | A | B | B | A | B | B | |
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| Dentists | 4.73 (3.81) | 4.71 (3.81) | 3.34 (3.90) | 4.85 (4.01) | 4.04 (3.54) | 4.36 (3.84) | 4.58 (3.77) | 4.54 (3.90) | 4.25 (3.76) |
| 4.82 (2.48) | 4.77 (2.35) | 3.67 (2.44) | 4.49 (2.47) | 4.07 (2.52) | 4.24 (2.37) | 4.54 (2.46) | 4.41 (2.48) | 4.30 (2.50) | |
| Aa | Aa | Ba | Aa | Ba | Ba | Aa | Aab | Aa | |
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| Lay persons | 4.34 (3.92) | 4.57 (3.77) | 3.53 (3.98) | 4.69 (4.33) | 3.98 (4.06) | 3.85 (3.47) | 4.58 (3.88) | 4.34 (3.90) | 3.68 (3.93) |
| 4.56 (2.64) | 4.60 (2.66) | 3.99 (2.78) | 4.80 (2.74) | 4.23 (2.73) | 4.12 (2.60) | 4.65 (2.72) | 4.47 (2.74) | 4.03 (2.62) | |
| Aa | Aa | Ba | Aa | Ba | Ba | Aa | Ba | Ba | |
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| Dental student | 2.63 (3.98) | 2.89 (3.66) | 1.71 (2.58) | 3.12 (3.98) | 2.08 (3.37) | 1.93 (3.30) | 2.42 (3.06) | 2.31 (3.69) | 2.12 (3.71) |
| 3.32 (2.60) | 3.25 (2.36) | 2.33 (2.10) | 3.59 (2.59) | 2.72 (2.31) | 2.59 (2.18) | 3.07 (2.42) | 2.94 (2.41) | 2.89 (2.38) | |
| Ab | Ab | Bb | Ab | Bb | Bb | Ab | Ac | Ab | |
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| Other faculty student | 4.57 (4.19) | 4.34 (4.20) | 2.44 (3.85) | 4.19 (4.61) | 3.47 (4.48) | 3.55 (3.95) | 4.26 (4.51) | 3.89 (4.77) | 3.27 (4.02) |
| 4.57 (2.75) | 4.49 (2.80) | 3.85 (2.72) | 4.45 (2.86) | 3.99 (2.87) | 3.80 (2.71) | 4.35 (2.86) | 4.18 (2.91) | 3.70 (2.67) | |
| Aa | Aac | Bc | Ac | Ba | Bc | Aa | Ba | Bc | |
Different uppercase and lowercase letters demonstrate statistically significant difference within the same row of each dependent variable (lip thickness, lipstick shade, and tooth shade) and the same column, respectively.