A biometric approach to predictable treatment of clinical crown discrepancies.
Dental professionals have long been guided by mathematical principles when interpreting aesthetic and tooth proportions for their patients. While many acknowledge that such principles are merely launch points for a smile design or reconstructive procedure, their existence appears to indicate practitioners' desire for predictable, objective, and reproducible means of achieving success in aesthetic dentistry. This article introduces innovative aesthetic measurement gauges as a means of objectively quantifying tooth size discrepancies and enabling the clinician to perform aesthetic restorative dentistry with success and predictability.
Chu
Stephen J
SJ
Department of Periodontics and Implant Dentistry, and Continuing Dental Education, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY, USA. schudmd@aol.com
D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D006801:Humans; D009811:Odontometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D019228:Tooth Crown / Q000033:anatomy & histology*