Smiling
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Dynamic smile analysis: changes with age.

30 Aug 2009 INTRODUCTION: The objective of this study was to define age-related changes in the smile. The areas of interest were upper lip length at smile and repose, upper lip thickness at smile and repose, maxillary incisal display at smile, interlabial gap ... Read more...

Muscle transplants for facial reanimation: rationale and results of insertion technique using the palmaris longus tendon.

30 Jul 2009 Thirty-one patients with unilateral long-standing facial palsy underwent 1-stage reanimation with free gracilis muscle transplant innervated by the masseteric branch of the trigeminal nerve. They were divided into 2 nonrandomized groups according to ... Read more...

The relationship of facial anatomic landmarks with midlines of the face and mouth.

30 Jul 2009 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: The importance of the midline is well known to dentists. Currently, there are no verifiable guidelines that direct the choice of specific anatomic landmarks to determine the midline of the face or midline of the mouth. PURPOSE: ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Smiling'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Creating beautiful smile symmetry: tissue considerations. 29 Sep 2009
• Dynamic smile analysis: changes with age. 30 Aug 2009
• Esthetic effect of orthodontic appliances. 30 Aug 2009
• Muscle transplants for facial reanimation: rationale and results of insertion technique using the palmaris longus tendon. 30 Jul 2009
• The relationship of facial anatomic landmarks with midlines of the face and mouth. 30 Jul 2009
• Smile intensity and warm touch as thin slices of child and family affective style. 30 Jul 2009
• BOTOX therapy for every dental practice. 30 Jul 2009
• Tremor on smiling. 28 Jul 2009
• The effect of veneers on cosmetic improvement. 23 Jul 2009
• Following in the wake of anger: when not discriminating is discriminating. 19 Jul 2009
• Effects of buccal corridors on smile esthetics in Japanese. 29 Jun 2009
• The perception of smile attractiveness. 29 Jun 2009
• Reciprocal smiling in negative schizophrenia. 29 Jun 2009
• Factorial structure and cross-cultural invariance of the Oral Impacts on Daily Performances. 30 May 2009
• Assessing the influence of skin color and tooth shade value on perceived smile attractiveness. 30 May 2009
• Renewing the smile zone: changing our patients' lives. 30 May 2009
• The effect of alar cinch sutures and V-Y closure on soft tissue dynamics after Le Fort I intrusion osteotomies. 26 May 2009
• Aesthetic deviation. 7 May 2009
• Infants' expressive behaviors to mothers and unfamiliar partners during face-to-face interactions from 4 to 10 months. 4 May 2009
• Smile arcs of Caucasian and Korean youth. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Smiling'

Definition: A facial expression which may denote feelings of pleasure, affection, amusement, etc.

Descriptor UI: D012904

Alternative terms: Smiling; Smilings;

Allowable Qualifiers: physiology; psychology;

Tree Number: F01.145.209.530.385.671;

Online Note: search FACIAL EXPRESSION 1969-74

History Note: 91(75); was see under FACIAL EXPRESSION 1975-90