Distance between the medialis angles of the eyes as an anatomical parameter for tooth selection

Summary  During the construction of a removable prosthesis, the lack of pre‐extractions records turns the selection of artificial maxillary anterior teeth into a complex procedure. The aim of this study was to identify a mathematical relation between the anterior dental segment and the distance betw...

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Published in:Journal of oral rehabilitation 2009-11, Vol.36 (11), p.840-847
Main Authors: LUCAS, B. L., BERNARDINO-JÚNIOR, R., GONÇALVES, L. C., GOMES, V. L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
aesthetics
Algorithms
anthropometry
artificial tooth
Brazil
Cephalometry
dental anatomy
Dentistry
Denture Design - methods
Eye - anatomy & histology
Face - anatomy & histology
Female
Humans
Incisor - anatomy & histology
Linear Models
Male
Maxilla - anatomy & histology
mouth rehabilitation
Odontometry - methods
prosthesis
Statistics, Nonparametric
Surveys and Questionnaires
Tooth, Artificial
Young Adult
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Summary:Summary  During the construction of a removable prosthesis, the lack of pre‐extractions records turns the selection of artificial maxillary anterior teeth into a complex procedure. The aim of this study was to identify a mathematical relation between the anterior dental segment and the distance between the medialis angles of the eyes, for selecting the suitable width of the six maxillary anterior teeth. Standardized digital images of 80 dentate Brazilian subjects were used to measure both facial and oral structures when viewed from the frontal aspect through an image processing program. Accurate casts were made to measure on a curve the distance between the maxillary canines. Parametric statistics was performed to analyse the results (P 
ISSN:0305-182X
1365-2842
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2842.2009.02002.x