Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dentistry (Nov 2023)

Correlation Between Maxillary Anterior Teeth and Common Facial Measurements

  • Alshamri HA,
  • Al Moaleem MM,
  • Al-Huthaifi BH,
  • Al-labani MA,
  • Naseeb WR,
  • Daghriri SM,
  • Suhail IM,
  • Hamzi WH,
  • Abu Illah MJ,
  • Thubab AY,
  • Aljabali SA,
  • AlNehmi MM

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 15
pp. 289 – 300

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Hameed A Alshamri,1 Mohammed M Al Moaleem,2 Basem H Al-Huthaifi,3 Mohammed A Al-labani,4 Weaam RB Naseeb,5 Shahad Mohammed Daghriri,5 Ibtihaj Mohammed Suhail,5 Wasan H Hamzi,5 Mohammed J Abu Illah,5 Abdulaziz Yahya Thubab,5 Shuaib A Aljabali,3 Mohammed M AlNehmi1 1Department of Restorative and Prosthodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Science and Technology, Sana’a City, Yemen; 2Department of Prosthetic Dental Science, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia; 3Department of Preventive and Biomedical Science, College of Dentistry, University of Science and Technology, Sana’a City, Yemen; 4Department of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Sana’a, Sana’a City, Yemen; 5College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Mohammed M Al Moaleem, Department of Prosthetic Dental Science, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan, 45142, Saudi Arabia, Email [email protected]: The symmetry between maxillary anterior teeth and the face holds significant importance. This study assessed and analyzed the relationship between facial parameters and anterior teeth in the maxillary arch of male and female subjects. Specifically, individual width and combined width (CW) measurements of the maxillary anterior teeth were investigated.Methods: This study involved a total of 150 dentate Yemeni subjects (74 men and 76 women), whose ages ranged from 18 years old to 30 years old. A maxillary cast was created, and two digital photographs of the face of each subject were taken and analyzed. Digital calipers and AutoCAD were used to gather measurement data of the dental parameters (intercanthal distance [ICD], interpupillary distance [IPD], interalar width [IAW], intercommissural width [ICW], and bizygomatic width [BZW]) and facial parameters (profile distance).Results: Significant correlations were found for the following: IPD and width of six maxillary anterior teeth of each of the study subjects; ICD and their central incisors; and BZW and their canine width measurements. In contrast, IAW and ICW were not correlated with all tooth measurements. Linear regression findings showed that the CW measurement of the four incisors was significantly correlated with all facial parameter measurements, excluding the ICW and IAW in females and the IAW, ICW, and profile distance in males.Conclusion: The IPD and ICD of males and females may be used to determine their CW measurements. The BZW and IPD of males can be used to take precise anthropological measurements of the width of the central canines and incisors. Meanwhile, the IPD distance of females can be used to assess the central and lateral incisor widths.Keywords: dental measurement, facial measurement, anterior teeth, Yemen

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