This category includes Pink aesthetic treatment, which can be used in the following cases: In anterior gingival discoloration. In the presence of excessively visible gums while smiling. In gingival recessions. In case the gingival levels are not at the same level as the anterior teeth.
Pink esthetics
Requirements
Judging criteria
The jury anonymously evaluates the submissions in the category according to the following criteria:
Diagnosis and treatment plan
Perio technique
Photo documentation
Occlusion
Natural looking gingiva
General treatment execution
Case description
Submissions must include a short description of the clinical case in English, not longer than 6,000 symbols.
Descriptions must outline:
Diagnosis
Treatment plan
Materials that were used according to the treatment protocol
Short summary of the case
General photo documentation guidelines
Depending on the restoration volume:
Orthopantomography (before and after)
Periodontal radiographic status
It is recommended that X-rays are taken using the long cone paralleling technique.
Periodontal status must include 14 X-rays:
2 upper right
3 upper front
2 upper left
2 lower left
3 lower front
2 lower right
It is recommended that you also include photographs in occlusion of upper and lower first molar, right and left. If there is no periodontal disease, periodontal status is not required, and a retroalveolar X-ray is sufficient.
Removed saliva, plaque, food, crown-cement residue.
Use make-up when photographing the patient’s face.
The camera is centered at an appropriate angle.
Use a backdrop when necessary.
Retractors, mirrors and other elements must not be in the field of view.
Images must have good contrast, brightness and white balance.
Photos must be symmetric and cropped properly.
Objects in photos must be scaled appropriately.
Exclude any personal information, names and initials patient’s and dental professional’s).
Initial photo documentation (before treatment)
X-rays
Photo documentation
1. Full facial front, wide smile
• 1:10 magnification.
• Patient’s smile is wide and natural.
• Whole face is visible, the top of the hair and the bottom of the neck can be cropped out.
• Both dental arches are visible.
• Background shadows must be reduced.
• The philtrum and nose are centrally positioned in the frame.
• Patient’s head is straight up.
• Camera is levelled with the nose.
• Camera is oriented on the interpupillary line and the vertical midline of the face.
• Focus is on the teeth.
• Background is plain and undistracting.
2. Frontal smile, non-retracted
• 1:2 magnification.
• Lips and teeth are visible, natural smile.
• Camera is levelled with the smile.
• Camera is oriented on the incisal plane and the midline, as long as they coincide with the interpupillary line and the vertical midline of the face.
• In case of asymmetry, it must be apparent in the image.
• Focus is on the central incisors, the laterals, and the canines.
• Image is cropped to the mouth edges and a little above the upper lip.
3. Full smile, left and right, non-retracted (frontal sagittal view)
• 1:2 magnification.
• Lips and teeth are visible, wide smile.
• Image is taken from the side so that the lateral incisor is in the center of the frame.
• The contralateral incisor and the canine must be visible, depending on arch size.
• The vertical midline is the lateral.
• Focus is on the lateral.
• Background might be necessary.
• The nose, the top of the cheeks and the chin are cropped out of the image.
4. Smile – sagittal view
• 1:2 magnification.
• Natural smile.
• Slightly turned to make the central incisor visible.
• Image is centered on the lateral incisor and the canine.
• Background might be necessary.
• The nose, the top of the cheeks and the chin are cropped out of the image.
5. Frontal view, retracted (central view, teeth apart)
• 1:2 magnification.
• Upper and lower teeth are slightly parted so that the incisal edges are visible.
• Show as much of the gingiva as possible.
• No lips and retractors visible in the frame.
• Use the midline of the face as the vertical midline of the image.
• The incisal plane of the upper arch is the horizontal midline of the image.
• If there is asymmetry, it must be apparent in the picture.
• Camera is levelled with the teeth.
• Focus is on the central incisors, the laterals, and the canines.
During treatment
Photo documentation from the different stages of the surgical protocol are compulsory.
Photographs taken during the surgical intervention of all stages of the surgical protocol (depending on the different surgical interventions). Suggested photographs in cases of mucogingival surgery:
incision
preparation of the recipient site
photograph of the donor site and/or the graft
photograph after graft placement and/or suturing