title: [Relationship between bizygomatic width and the size of maxillary anterior teeth among young Senegalese black people recruited in army].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Prosthetic teeth size and placement must be in perfect harmony with the bucco-facial structures for a successful and esthetic removable prosthesis. This study aimed to determine among young Senegalese black people facial index estimating maxillary central incisor width and distance between canine points starting from bizygomatic width.
  
  
  METHODS
  621 black Senegalese participated to this transversal study. Measurements were made using anthropometric slide caliper and electronic slide caliper. The comparative analysis was carried out by the test t of Student. The correlative analysis used the chi-square test. The risk of error was fixed at 5%.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Positive correlations were found between variables. Distance between canine points was significantly (p = 0.000) correlated to bizygomatic width and central incisor width. Using bizygomatic width, the average dividing factors to estimate central incisor width and distance between canine points were respectively 15.13 and 3.75.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Distance between canine points and central incisor width can be given starting from bizygomatic width, as guide of selecting maxillary anterior prosthetic teeth width.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gueye
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dieng
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Mbodj
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Seck
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Toure
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Thioune
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Seck
authors.forename: P I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Ngom
mesh_terms: D044383:Black People; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003481:Cuspid / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D003724:Dental Arch / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008889:Military Personnel; D009811:Odontometry / Q000379:methods*; D012675:Senegal; D012737:Sex Factors; D055815:Young Adult; D015050:Zygoma / Q000033:anatomy & histology*