Comparative Evaluation of Golden Proportion and Recurring Esthetic Dental (RED) Proportion in Natural Dental Esthetics

Abstract

This study explores the differences between the distribution of Golden Proportion and Recurring Esthetic Dental (RED) Proportion in natural maxillary anterior teeth. Photographs of the subject’s anterior teeth were taken from the frontal view. The width ratios of canine to lateral incisor and lateral incisor to central incisor were calculated. The existence of the Golden Proportion was considered when the width ratios between canine to lateral incisor or lateral incisor to central incisor were within the range of 0.55–0.66. To evaluate the existence of RED proportion in each subject, the width ratio of canine to lateral incisor was compared with the width ratio of lateral incisor to central incisor. The distribution of the Golden proportion was observed in 66.7% and the RED proportion was observed in 22.2% of the natural dentition of the study population. The existence of the Golden proportion was significantly higher than the existence of the RED proportion in well-aligned natural dentition in the study population (P < 0.05). Clinicians may choose the Golden proportion over the RED proportion during the maxillary anterior esthetic treatment procedure.