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Table 5 Comparison between the perceptions of dentists regarding the constructed dental smile (n = 143)

From: Smile aesthetics in Pakistani population: dentist preferences and perceptions of anterior teeth proportion and harmony

Dental Proportion groups

Tooth size

Level of preference

p-value

Group A and B

Normal

0.001

Small

0.071

Tall

0.001

Very tall

0.276

Group A and C

Normal

0.001

Small

0.159

Tall

0.002

Very tall

0.675

Group A and D

Normal

0.001

Small

0.091

Tall

0.005

Very tall

0.449

Group A and E

Normal

0.001

Small

0.074

Tall

0.026

Very tall

0.085

Group B and C

Normal

0.001

Small

0.794

Tall

0.371

Very tall

0.905

Group B and D

Normal

0.001

Small

0.063

Tall

0.153

Very tall

0.214

Group B and E

Normal

0.001

Small

0.071

Tall

0.391

Very tall

0.249

Group C and D

Normal

0.014

Small

0.361

Tall

0.259

Very tall

0.291

Group C and E

Normal

0.001

Small

0.392

Tall

0.073

Very tall

0.062

Group D and E

Normal

0.002

Small

0.471

Tall

0.612

Very tall

0.743

  1. Group A: golden proportion, Group B: recurrent esthetic dental proportion, Group C: golden percentage, Group D: Preston proportion, Group E: Local proportion: The proportion ratio between the width of anterior teeth obtained in this study was used to construct a smile with different teeth length, a p-value of ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant