Key Points
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Challenges the concepts of 'golden proportion' and 'Recurrent Aesthetic Dental' ('RED') proportion.
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Demonstrates the limited role that gender plays in the perception of smile aesthetics
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Informs dental health professionals that lateral incisor widths are to be tailored on an individual basis.
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Tan, D., Playle, R., Harris, A. et al. Does the gender of the subject affect perceived smile aesthetics when varying the dimensions of maxillary lateral incisors?. Br Dent J 225, 235–240 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2018.543
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