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Introduction: Esthetics in dentistry aims to improve the patients' self-esteem and satisfaction regarding how beautiful and attractive they feel. However, patients and dental professionals may perceive the concept of esthetics differently instead, which may cause the dissatisfaction of the patient with the results of the treatment. Objective: This cross-sectional observational study aimed to verify the esthetic self-perception of undergraduate dental students regarding their own smile. Material and methods: A questionnaire, designed by Goldstein 10 to measure the patients' self-perception and satisfaction, regarding their smiles, was applied to undergraduate students of different semesters of the School of Dentistry of the Federal University of Pelotas. Results: Our results showed that women are more dissatisfied with their smiles than men. Students attending different semesters worried somehow about the esthetics of their smiles and revealed the wish of having whiter teeth. Most students are satisfied with the shape of their teeth. Ninety two percent of the students feel self-confident regarding to smile, 90% believe someone else has a better smile, 87% look at the smile of models in fashion magazines, 71% wish to have whiter teeth and 80% wish to have rather a bigger or smaller teeth. Conclusion: Undergraduate dental students have a positive self-perception of their smile. Women are less satisfied than men. Students of the earlier semesters wish to have whiter teeth than students from the later semesters.
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Introduction: To report the treatment and follow-up (24 months) of a periodontal plastic surgery for excisionof a maxillary pyogenic granuloma. Case report: This case report describes a patient who presented alesion diagnosed as a pyogenic granuloma in the region of maxillary incisors and was submitted to surgicalexcision. The study emphasizes the clinical follow-up after the treatment of patients that present pyogenicgranuloma that should be based on surgical excision and histopathological confirmation of clinical diagnosiscombined with the treatment of the specific periodontal disease. Conclusion: Follow-up over two yearsof surgical procedures demonstrated the maintenance of a periodontal health.
Introdução: Relatar o tratamento e o acompanhamento clínico de 24 meses de uma cirurgia plástica periodontalpara excisão de um granuloma piogênico maxilar. Relato de caso: Este relato clínico descreve uma pacienteque apresentava uma lesão diagnosticada como granuloma piogênico na região de incisivos superiores e que foi submetida à excisão cirúrgica. O trabalho enfatiza o acompanhamento clínico após o tratamentode pacientes que apresentem granuloma piogênico, e que deve basear-se na excisão cirúrgica e na confirmaçãohistopatológica do diagnóstico clínico, combinado com o tratamento da doença periodontal específica.Conclusão: O acompanhamento clínico de dois anos dos procedimentos cirúrgicos indicou a manutenção dasaúde periodontal.