Abstract: Objective To study the psychological state of patients before and after treatment with ceramic veneers and all-ceramic crowns using SCL-90 scale. Methods 78 adult patients (29 males, 49 females) who complained about the inaesthetic upper anterior teeth were included in this study. SCL-90 scale was used to analyze and contrast psychological state before and after treatment with ceramic veneers and all-ceramic crowns. Spss 13.0 software was adopted to conduct mean comparison, paired t- test, and two- sample t- test analysis on the information obtained. Results After treatment with ceramic veneers and all-ceramic crowns, patients’ subjective satisfaction reached 97.8% and 100% respectively. Though patients’ mean SCL-90 scores of somatization, enforcement, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety and paranoia were higher than those of normal people before treatment, their psychological status had improved after three months of esthetic restorations. SCL-90 scores of somatization, enforcement, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety and paranoia decreased significantly (P＜0.05). Female patients improved better in interpersonal sensitivity, depression and anxiety than male patients(P＜0.05). Conclusion Ceramic veneers and all-ceramic crowns have positive subjective therapeutic effects. The psychological state of patients with inaesthetic anterior teeth is worse than the normal before treatment, but their psychological state can improve significantly after esthetic restorations.

Key words: Anterior teeth, Esthetic restoration, Psychological state