ComparisontheDimensionsofMaxillaryAnteriorTeethtoGoldenStandardinMenandWomenofanIranianPopulation

Abstract

Toachieveanoptimalaestheticinthemaxillaryanteriorteeth,theratioofwidthtolengthoftheseteethisveryimportant.OneofthepracticalproportionsformeasuringthedimensionsoftheseteethistheGoldenStandard.ThisstudyaimstoevaluatetheprevalenceofGoldenStandardinthemaxillaryanteriorteethandexaminesymmetryonbothsidesanditsrelationshipwithgender.Materials&Methods:Thiscross-sectional(descriptiveandanalytical)studywasdoneonKurdistanmedicalstudentsin2019-2020,100gypsumcastswerepreparedfromthemaxillaofstudents.Eachcast’sphotographwastakenunderstandardconditions.ThewidthandlengthofeachtoothweremeasuredwithAdobePhotoshopCS6softwareandcomparedwiththerange%75-%85.Thedatawasanalyzedbyt-testaccordingtothesideandgender.Inthisstudy,pvalue=0.05wasconsideredsignificant.Results:Thewidth-to-lengthratioofmaxillaryanteriorteethwasintherangeof0.82to0.91inmenand0.84to0.9inwomen.Inthecomparisonoftherightandleftsides,themostasymmetrywasrelatedtothecaninesofmen,andthelowestasymmetrywasrelatedtothecentralincisorandcanineofwomen.Nosignificantdifferenceduetosexwasdetected,excepttheleftcanine(pvalue=0.01),whichwassignificantlyhigherinwomenthanmen.Conclusion:DuetothelowprevalenceofGoldenStandard,insteadoffocusingonafixednumericalratio,theharmonyofanteriorteethdimensionswithotherfacialandjawratiosshouldbeacriterionfordeterminingdimensionsoftheseteeth.

Keywords

• goldenstandard
• maxillaryanteriorteeth
• width
• length