Abstract
Dental esthetics need to be defined from the scientific perspective in order to obtain predictable treatment outcomes and avoid the effects of subjectivisms on the part of the dental profesional. It can be deduced that the ideal dimensions in the maxillary anterior sector are difficult to establish. Therefore, the primary purpose of this study was to define the dimensions of the maxillary anterior teeth and the relationships between them. In addition, an analysis was made to reinvestigate whether they complied with the Golden proportion, the RED (Recurrent Esthetic Dental) proportion and the Golden percentage. A total of 2304 tooth corresponding to 384 subjects were evaluated. The central incisor presented a mean width of 8.58 mm and a height of 9.35 mm, while the lateral incisor presented a width of 6.69 mm and a height of 7.75 mm. The mean width of the canine was 7.69 mm, with a height of 8.68 mm. The teeth revisited in this study did not comply with the ideal dimensions in the anterior maxillary sector as established by the Golden proportion, Golden percentage and RED. The information obtained from this study can be clinically applied to restore the dimensions during periodontal surgery, restorative dentistry and prosthetic rehabilitation.
Highlights
Based on the above, it can be deduced that the ideal dimensions in the maxillary anterior sector are difficult to establish, due to the great variability among subjects
Significant differences were observed on comparing the mean height and width values of the left and right central incisors, lateral incisors and canines according to gender (Fig. 3)
With regard to the Golden percentage for correlating the teeth of the anterior sector, the results of our study found the mean value of the central incisors to be 23.6% - this being practically identical to the figures obtained in other studies[32,37] and lower than the value suggested by the Golden percentage[8]
Summary
It can be deduced that the ideal dimensions in the maxillary anterior sector are difficult to establish, due to the great variability among subjects. Dental esthetics must be regulated by anatomical rules. The primary purpose of this study was to define the dimensions of the maxillary anterior teeth and the relationships between them. An analysis was made to reinvestigate whether they complied with the Golden proportion, the RED proportion and the Golden percentage, in a sample of subjects with permanent teeth without prostheses or dental implants
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