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A considerable proportion of the attractiveness of a smiling face is attributed to the smile. A person's smile, which is often the first feature of their personality to be noticed, can be impacted by any dentofacial midline discrepancy. This study sought to determine the prevalence of dentofacial midline discrepancies in orthodontic patients in order to establish the stability, esthetics, and functional occlusion of treatment outcomes following orthodontic treatment. A descriptive cross-sectional study encompassing 138 patients of Pakistani origin were included in the study. All subjects with permanent teeth, with the possible exception of third molars, underwent evaluation. Further to the clinical assessment, extraoral pictures and dental casts were analyzed as well. The data was collected using study proforma. The mean age of the patients was 22.11±5.425 years, with 76.01% being female and 23.91% being male. Non-coincident dental midline and mandibular midline deviation from facial midline had the largest prevalence among research subjects (54.3%), while maxillary midline deviation from facial midline (33.3%) was less common. The findings underscore that discrepancies between maxillary/mandibular dental midline and mandibular dental midline deviation from facial midline were more prevalent than maxillary midline deviation from facial midline.
Esha Qurban (Mon,) studied this question.