The aim of this study is to evaluate relation and biologic harmony between the maxillary anterior teeth and overall facial appearance in Turkish Population.
Method:
A total of 42 volunteer dentate were recruited in the present study. Two standard digital photographs of the volunteer’ face and a digital caliper with 0.01 mm accuracy was used to measure the facial ratios. The mesiodistal size of the teeth, the width of the right eye and left eye were recorded together with interalar width, inner canthal distance, interpupillary distance, intercommissural distance, and distance between the tips of the upper canines. Impression was taken from all individuals’ both jaws. Anterior teeth were measured by the caliper, golden ratio were analyzed by the ruler.
Result:
Forty-two subjects (27 females and 15 males; mean age of 21 years; range, 17 to 26 years) were evaluated. Ninety-one percent of the subjects were free of any kind of systemic diseases. While 85% of the subjects had class I occlusion, 60% of them had canine guidance occlusion. Facial ratios and also teeth ratio’, minimum, maximum values were calculated. A statistically significant difference was found between the interalar distance and tips of the canine teeth in gender by the digital caliper results.
Conclusion:
Within the limitation of the present study, we conclude that universally accepted facial measurements and gold ratios did not confirmed in this study group.