title: Denture tooth selection: an analysis of the natural maxillary central incisor compared to the length and width of the face. Part I.
abstract: A project was devised by the removable prosthodontic faculty to determine clinically if there is a correlation between the length and width of the maxillary central incisor on a cast and the length and width of the face. A millimeter gauge was used to measure the lengths and widths of the maxillary incisor on a cast. The Trubyte tooth indicator was selected to measure the length and width of the face. This tooth indicator is designed for calibration of the 16 to 1 ratio between facial dimension and maxillary central incisors.
authors.affiliation: Removable Prosthodontics Department, University of the Pacific, School of Dentistry, San Francisco, Calif.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: LaVere
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Marcroft
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Sarka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002138:Calibration; D002508:Cephalometry; D003779:Denture Design; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla; D009811:Odontometry; D014093:Tooth, Artificial