iarjhcsIARJHCSIARJHCS2709-333610.47310/iarjhcs.2021.v02i01.001Socio – Cultural Factors and Beliefs in the Management of Central Diastema in Ibadan, NigeriaAjindeOluwasola OlaleyeBdsFwacsThis survey was carried out at a General Dental Hospital, Nigeria involving patients who were screened for midline diastema. The screening became necessary to differentiate those who had no diastema before but got them created from those naturally had them to find out the reason why some desire the diastema and finally if the patients were willing to close the diastema. Objective: To evaluate the acceptability or non-acceptability of correction of maxillary midline diastema and to find out the willingness of the subject to accept treatment option available because these are factors that affect aesthetics, beauty in relation to culture, beliefs and norms in Africa and in Nigeria specifically. Methods: The screening was done in a General Dental Hospital within a space of 1 year. This involves all patients that had midline diastemas  both maxillary and mandibular and the data sources includes age, sex, marital status, income bracket, social status, educational background and whether the midline diastema was natural or artificially created. The age ranges was between 16 and 55 years. Result: Out of 10214 seen only 150 had midline diastema which fall into 4 categories of maxillary midline, mandibular midline, both maxillary and mandibular midline and artificially created midline diastema. 136 had natural midline diastema involving 96 female and 40 males, educational background were classified as those who had Primary school leaving certificate, High school student, High school graduates but not in higher institution, undergraduate and postgraduate students and working graduate student. Result show that a greater percentage 35% were high school graduate but not within tertiary instituting. The income generation capacity was included to find out if cost was the limiting factor for them to seek treatment. only one of the subjects was ready to correct the anomaly albeit reluctantly.  Conclusion: It was revealed that none of the patients involved in the study was ready to close the diastema as they all perceived it as a sign of beauty. Even the subject that accepted to close the diastema reluctantly, agreed to reduce the width of the diastema. Clinical Significance: There is the need to reflect the socio-cultural beliefs of Africans especially Nigerians in the treatment of maxillary midline diastema which is the option of “Leave Alone”