Aim:To evaluatewhether the assessmentof attractive smile esthetics by orthodontists and orthodontic patients is influenced by size of buccal corridors.

Material and method:One intraoral photograph showing ideally aligned dentition taken in frontal view andone extraoral photograph showing esthetically smiling lips were got from 2 different persons. These ideally aligned teeth and lips were combined to form a standard composite smile. Buccal corridors were modified digitally from 0% to 25% with the help of adobe photoshop creating six smiles. Orthodontists and orthodontic patients rated the attractiveness of 6 smiles with altered buccal corridors using a visual analog scale.

Result:Buccal corridor with 5% space level is most attractive and buccal corridor with 25% space level is least attractive for both the groups, thus largebuccal corridors should be included in the problemlist during orthodontic diagnosis and treatmentplanning.