Perceptions of dental professionals and laypeople to altered dental esthetics in cases with congenitally missing maxillary lateral incisors

Progress in Orthodontics

Table 1 The VAS scores (as mean ± SD) for each group, according to simulation

Category	Sim A	Sim B	Sim C	Sim D	Sim E	Sim F	Sim G	Sim H	Sim I	Sim L	Sim M	Sim N
Dentists (D)	28.0 ± 19.9	19.3^a ± 15.7	46.9 ± 18.9	53.9 ± 18.2	55.1 ± 14.1	36.1 ± 21.2	59.8 ± 21.4	73.2 ± 16.5	93.4 ± 6.59	8.3^a ± 9.1	31.4 ± 13.4	33.7 ± 17
Laypeople (N)	34.3 ± 22.4	20.7^a ± 19.9	50.4 ± 21	46.1 ± 21.8	50.8 ± 18.2	44.1 ± 22	66.3 ± 18.9	75.3^a ± 18.8	84.2^a,b ± 17.2	7.4^a ± 7.9	32.5 ± 13.4	33.7 ± 19.2
Patients (P)	36.4 ± 22.6	21.3^a ± 19.7	46.3 ± 24.8	41^a ± 22.3	52.6 ± 22.4	43 ± 20.7	60.5 ± 24.3	77.5^a ± 21.6	85.2^a,b ± 17.9	10.6^a ± 10.3	30.8 ± 20.9	32.1^a ± 18.3
Orthodontists (S)	29.9 ± 13.3	28.8 ± 16.9	47.5 ± 17.7	56.8 ± 18.5	54.4 ± 16.9	41.3 ± 15.4	58.4 ± 19.1	69.6 ± 19.2	93.1 ± 8.9	20.3 ± 13.6	33.2 ± 14	42.1 ± 15.3

N = 40 for each group. Significant differences (p < 0.05) resulting from ANOVA and post hoc with pairwise comparison analysis are displayed. ^aSignificant compared to category S; ^bsignificant compared to category D.