Importância e influência da estética dental relacionada à saúde biológica e social do indivíduo

The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of dental aesthetics on the health of the individual. The sample consisted of 150 dentistry patients, aged 18 years and older, of both genders, performed between November 2018 and March 2019. The Socio-demographic, Psychosocial Impact of Dental Esthetics and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale were applied adapted. In the end, calculations were made to obtain the scores of the results to find out whether or not there is a psychosocial impact of dental aesthetics and whether the patients had low self-esteem. Of these 150 participants, 103 (68.7%) were of the female gender; the majority presented having 39 or more years 48 (32%); in terms of schooling resulted in a majority of 39 (26%) for participants who had incomplete university degrees; about per capita income, the majority (98, 65.4%) of study participants reported having up to a minimum wage. For the Psychosocial Impact of Dental Esthetics questionnaire, the score was 28.03 and in the self-esteem questionnaire, the score was 23.36. Therefore, dental aesthetics had a great psychosocial impact on the routine of patients and because of this self-esteem was low according to the results obtained.