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The study aims to assess esthetic self-perception among dental students, focusing on gender differences and sociocultural influences.

Smile beyond Borders: Gender, Academic Level, and Contextual Cross‐Cultural Smile Self‐Perception among Preclinical and Clinical Dental Students

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Cross-sectional survey evaluates esthetic self-perception in dental students, highlighting gender and cultural influences.

The study aims to assess esthetic self-perception among dental students, focusing on gender differences and sociocultural influences.
Cross-sectional survey of 207 dental students and interns using the Smile Satisfaction Index.
Responses recorded as 'yes' or 'no' and categorized as high or low esthetic self-perception based on median split approach.
Used descriptive statistics and chi-square tests to analyze data, with significance set at p ≤ 0.05.
63.3% of students reported high esthetic self-perception with a mean score of 5.64.
Significant gender differences noted: 37.4% of females concealed their smiles vs. 21.2% of males, p = 0.031; 83.2% of females found others' smiles more attractive vs. 63.5% of males, p = 0.003.
Comparison with international studies shows varying influences of sociocultural context on smile self-perception.

Farid et al. (2026) studied this question.

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Cross-sectional survey evaluates esthetic self-perception in dental students, highlighting gender and cultural influences.

The study aims to assess esthetic self-perception among dental students, focusing on gender differences and sociocultural influences.
Cross-sectional survey of 207 dental students and interns using the Smile Satisfaction Index.
Responses recorded as 'yes' or 'no' and categorized as high or low esthetic self-perception based on median split approach.
Used descriptive statistics and chi-square tests to analyze data, with significance set at p ≤ 0.05.
63.3% of students reported high esthetic self-perception with a mean score of 5.64.
Significant gender differences noted: 37.4% of females concealed their smiles vs. 21.2% of males, p = 0.031; 83.2% of females found others' smiles more attractive vs. 63.5% of males, p = 0.003.
Comparison with international studies shows varying influences of sociocultural context on smile self-perception.

Farid et al. (2026) studied this question.

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