Research Article
The Relationship between Personality Profiles and the Esthetic Perception of Orthodontic Appliances
Table 3
Evaluation of the smile according to gender in the group of laypeople and dentistry workers.
| | Laypeople | Total | Males (%) | Females (%) | χ2 | p | Φ |
| How do you rate this smile?
(Figure 1) | | | | | | | | Ugly | 2 (0.6) | 1 (1.6) | 1 (0.4) | 5.38 | 0.146 | 0.129 | | Neutral | 87 (27.0) | 18 (28.6) | 69 (26.6) | — | — | — | | Beautiful | 202 (62.8) | 34 (54.0) | 168 (64.9) | — | — | — | | Very beautiful | 31 (9.6) | 10 (15.9) | 21 (8.1) | — | — | — | If there were your smile, would you improve it with an orthodontic treatment?
(Figure 1) | | | | | | | | No | 179 (55.6) | 42 (66.7) | 137 (52.9) | 4.69 | 0.096 | 0.121 | | Maybe | 81 (25.2) | 14 (22.2) | 67 (25.9) | — | — | — | | Yes | 62 (19.2) | 7 (11.1) | 55 (21.2) | — | — | — |
| | Dentistry workers | Total | Males (%) | Females (%) | χ2 | p | Φ |
| How do you rate this smile?
(Figure 1) | | | | | | | | Ugly | 12 (8.6) | 1 (3.3) | 11 (10.1) | 3.16 | 0.367 | 0.151 | | Neutral | 59 (42.4) | 13 (43.3) | 14 (42.2) | — | — | — | | Beautiful | 64 (46.0) | 14 (46.7) | 50 (45.9) | — | — | — | | Very beautiful | 4 (2.9) | 2 (6.7) | 2 (1.8) | — | — | — | If there were your smile, would you improve it with an orthodontic treatment?
(Figure 1) | | | | | | | | No | 45 (32.4) | 15 (50.0) | 30 (27.5) | 5.48 | 0.065 | 0.199 | | Maybe | 34 (24.5) | 5 (16.7) | 29 (26.6) | — | — | — | | Yes | 60 (43.2) | 10 (33.3) | 50 (45.9) | — | — | — |
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% = percentage; χ2 = Qui-squared; p = p-value; Φ = phi.
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