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.

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Title
Revisiting the Maxillary Teeth in 384 Subjects Reveals A Deviation From the Classical Aesthetic Dimensions
Author
Melo María 1 ; Ata-Ali, Fadi 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Huertas, Julia 3 ; Cobo, Teresa 4 ; Shibli, Jamil Awad 5 ; Galindo-Moreno, Pablo 6 ; Ata-Ali, Javier 7   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

1  Valencia University Medical and Dental School, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain (GRID:grid.5338.d) (ISNI:0000 0001 2173 938X); Universidad Europea de Valencia, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Dentistry, Valencia, Spain (GRID:grid.466447.3) 
2  Universidad Europea de Valencia, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Dentistry, Valencia, Spain (GRID:grid.466447.3); Area of Orthodontics, University Medical and Dental School, University of Oviedo (Spain), Instituto Asturiano de Odontologia, Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialities, Oviedo, Spain (GRID:grid.10863.3c) (ISNI:0000 0001 2164 6351) 
3  Valencia University Medical and Dental School, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain (GRID:grid.5338.d) (ISNI:0000 0001 2173 938X) 
4  Area of Orthodontics, University Medical and Dental School, University of Oviedo (Spain), Instituto Asturiano de Odontologia, Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialities, Oviedo, Spain (GRID:grid.10863.3c) (ISNI:0000 0001 2164 6351) 
5  Guarulhos University, Department of Periodontology and Oral Implantology, Dental Research Division, Guarulhos, Brazil (GRID:grid.411869.3) (ISNI:0000 0000 9186 527X) 
6  University of Granada, Department of Oral Surgery and Implant Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Granada, Spain (GRID:grid.4489.1) (ISNI:0000000121678994) 
7  Universidad Europea de Valencia, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Dentistry, Valencia, Spain (GRID:grid.466447.3); Public Dental Health Service, Conselleria de Sanitat Universal i Salut Pública, Generalitat Valenciana, Valencia, Spain (GRID:grid.424970.c) (ISNI:0000 0001 2353 2112) 
Publication year
2019
Publication date
Jan 2019
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-36770-w
ProQuest document ID
2344210269
Copyright
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