TY - JOUR ID - TI - The correlation between certain facial and dental measurements that influence dental aesthetics “Cephalometric study” AU - Nadia H Hasan PY - 2005 VL - 5 IS - 1 SP - 6 EP - 14 JO - Al-Rafidain Dental Journal مجلة الرافدين لطب الأسنان SN - 18121217 19980345 AB - The purpose of the present study was to assess and determineif the correlation between certain facial measurementswas significant to recommend their use as reliable aestheticfactors for selection of suitable tooth moulds for anterior teethrestoration.The materials for this study included 50 cephalometricradiographs for selected undergraduate students of DentistryCollage, Mosul University; 25 males and 25 females. The ageranged from 18–25 years old with normal occlusion.The data were analyzed by using Minitab system and theresult confirmed that certain facial measurements considereddirectly to determine the outline form to restore anterior teethsuch as tooth width at the incisor edge, incisor tooth length,intercanine distance, the ratio of incisor tooth length and toothwidth at the incisor edge, bi–incisors width, and bi–orbitalwidth, while the others, bi–zygomatic width, intermolar distance,anterior facial height, and the ratio of anterior facial heightand bi–zygomatic width, were indirectly indicated. Alsothere was a significant difference between male and femalegroups with different facial measurements. The ratio of theanterior facial height to bi–zygomatic width for the total samplewas 0.93 mm, while that for the tooth length to tooth widthwas 0.81 mm. It could be concluded that certain facial measurementsrecommended as reliable aesthetic factors for selectionof suitable tooth moulds for anterior teeth restoration.

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