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1. TEGUMENTAL LAXNESS
• Tegumental: Means a natural outer covering
• Laxness: means slackness / loosen
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2. BUCCAL CORRIDOR
• A negative space between the buccal surface
of the maxillary first pre-molar and the inner
point at which the lips join when the patient
smiles.
• Patients with better aesthetics scores had a
significantly greater frequency of maxillary 1st
molar
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3. • To control the buccal corridor 3 objectives
should be followed
• 1] development of ovoid maxillary form
• 2] adequate expansion in the pre-molar and
molar area
• 3] mesio buccal rotation of the maxillary 1st
molar to fill the buccal corridor with enamel
and eliminating the dark spaces.
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4. Negative space
it is the space around and between the
subjects
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5. LIP LINE / SMILE LINE
• Is defined as an imaginary line following the
lower border of the upper lip when stretched
because of smile
• It is classified as HIGH, MEDIUM and LOW
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6. HIGH
• Reveals more than 75% of the inter proximal
gingiva and all the marginal gingiva
• It shows atleast 2mm of gingiva in all sectors
• The visibility of 3mm of gingiva above the
cervical limit of the tooth is acceptable
• It is more frequently found in women
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7. MEDIUM
• Shows the teeth, the gingival margin and the
papilla, so that the gingival contour is parallel
to the lower border of the upper lip and the
incisal edge of the teeth touches the incisal
border of the lower lip
• It shows 25-75% of the inter proximal gingiva
and the marginal gingiva is visible
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8. LOW
• Less than 25% of the inter proximal gingiva is
visible
• It is seen more frequently in men[ 30%]
• It shows a limited amount of maxillary teeth
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9. Maxillary lip length in relation to anterior tooth exposure
Maxillarylip
classification
length (mm)
Exposure of Exposure of
upper central lower central
incisor incisor (mm)
(mm)
Short 10-15 3.92 0.64
Medium 16-20 3.44 0.77
Medium 21-25 2.18 0.98
Long 26-30 0.93 1.95
Long 31-36 0.25 2.25
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