Vers un sourire standard : limites et risques d'un esthétisme normalisé

The fast evolution of dentistry of these last decades has to make the dentists wonder about their exercise, and especially regarding the norms, which are created for the aesthetic rehabilitations of the smile. Indeed, with the craze of patients for dental aesthetic which is allowed by the evolution of the techniques of dentistry and highlighted in the medias to end as a culture of the smile, the dentists get in the race to the standardization of the smile, trying to fix it in establishing norms and guidelines. It is pretty important to question the depth of this normalization, and to discern if limits would allow being more cautious about it. This analyze would be much more relevant by knowing what already happens in other countries like South Africa. The normalization of the smile could exceed the limits that ethics would set, if it hasn't already been done.