The dental esthetic screening index: A new tool for assessment of dento-facial esthetics in restorative dentistry.

Objectives: There is a lack of comprehensive indexes, which can measure conditions or changes in dento-facial esthetics before and after treatment. Therefore, the 12-item Dental Esthetic Screening Index (DESI) was developed and validated.

Materials And Methods: Reliability was tested by five dental professionals, who evaluated 30 standardized patient photographs baseline and after 14 days.