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KMID : 0362419950330010164
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Journal of Korean Academy of Prosthodontics
1995 Volume.33 No. 1 p.164 ~ p.175
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A study on the effect of Gibson’s smile exercise
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Kim Jeong-Hoi
Jin Tai-Ho
Dong Jin-Keun
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Abstract
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This study was designed to investigate the effect of Gibson’s smile exercise. The author took the smile photographs of 35 university students who appeared unnatural smiles though they had good dentition or well restored state of their teeth. The
author explained Gibsn’s smile exercise and they trained their perioral muscles during during 4 weeks at home. The smile photographs were taken at regular intervals, before the smile exercise, 2 weeks after and 4 weeks after the smile exercise. And then, esthetic smile scores were estimated by 10 appraisers who were dentists. Some questionares were taken after smile exercise. And acquired scores were analized statistically using the SPSS program. @ES The results obtained was as follows @EN 1. The smile scores of 2 weeks after and 4 weeks after the smile exercise were higher than before the smile exercise. 2. The smile scores of 4 weeks after the smile exercise were higher than 2 weeks after the smile exercise. 3. The smile scores of the group interested in smiles were higher than the group not interested in smiles at 2 weeks after and 4 weeks after the smile exercise, but before the smile exercise there was no difference between two groups.
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