Acceptable Deviation between Facial and Dental Midlines in Dentate Population.

ABSTRACT: The success of the dental restorations largely depends on its esthetics, although various literature reviews recommend that anterior teeth midline be placed coinciding the facial midline, the amount of acceptable deviation between facial and dental midline has not been fully investigated. To observe the acceptable deviation between the dental and facial midline. Facial photographs of 200 students aged about 18-30 years of both sexes, without any missing teeth, with complete alignment of anterior teeth, were selected and scanned on to computer screen. Using specialized programme, the crown width of the central incisor in the mouth and on photograph was ensured constant. The distance between the facial midline, (obtained by bisecting intercanthal line) and the mesial surfaces of the central

SUBMITTER: Jayalakshmi NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3792300 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature