Anterior Tooth Width Measurements among Patients in a Tertiary Hospital of Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Sabina Paudel; Madhu Neupane; Prabhat Shrestha; Suman Lamba
- Source
- Journal of Nepal Medical Association, Vol 58, Iss 226 (2020)
JNMA: Journal of the Nepal Medical Association
- Subject
- Anterior tooth
Cross-sectional study
Esthetics, Dental
Tertiary Care Centers
Mandibular canine
Dental Prosthesis
Nepal
stomatognathic system
Medicine
Humans
Odontometry
Maxillary central incisor
Anterior teeth
Orthodontics
lcsh:R5-920
business.industry
Maxillary canine
General Medicine
Tertiary care hospital
stomatognathic diseases
Prosthodontic rehabilitation
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dental Prosthesis Design
aesthetics
anterior teeth, esthetics, smile design, tooth to tooth relationship
Original Article
business
dimensional measurement accuracy
lcsh:Medicine (General)
Tooth
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0028-2715
Introduction: The knowledge of anterior tooth width and their relationships with each other isessential for any esthetic and prosthodontic rehabilitation. The objective of this study is to measurethe width of the anterior teeth of patients coming to a teritary hospital of Nepal. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at a tertiary care hospital from 30thSeptember 2019 to 30th October 2019 after receiving ethical clearance from the institutional reviewcommittee (reference number: 2076/77/20). Convenient sampling was done. Point estimate at 99%Confidence Interval was calculated along with frequency and proportion for binary data. Dataanalysis was done in Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 21. Results: Out of the 40 participants, the mean width of right and left side of anterior teeth of themaxillary central incisors were 8.62±0.62 mm and 8.65±0.55 mm; maxillary lateral incisors were6.97±0.74 mm and 7.11±0.78 mm; maxillary canine were 7.81±0.69 mm and 8.15±0.72 mm; mandibularcentral incisors were 5.37±0.4 mm and 5.43±0.37 mm; mandibular lateral incisors were 5.88±.52mm and 6.06±0.53 mm; mandibular canine were 6.69±0.55 mm and 6.93±0.7 mm respectively. Thedifference between the teeth was compared with the central incisors of each side. Conclusions: Our findings of the average values of the anterior teeth and their difference from thecentral incisors on each side showed an agreement with the optimal relationships of anterior teeth,with the exception of the maxillary lateral incisors, which were 0.5mm larger than the values of theoptimal relationship.