2/5: Selecting Denture Teeth Flashcards
What is the point of anterior teeth?
Esthetics
What is the point of posterior teeth?
Function
What is valuable information to reach a happy medium when selecting teeth?
Previous dentures
- discuss likes and dislikes (color, shape, function)
- make impression of the dentures
Photographs
- make sure the teeth are showing
- most recent photograph
- photocopy of the photograph
Friends and family
What are factors to consider with anterior tooth selection?
Shade - easiest to determine
- patients always want the “whitest and brightest”
- narrow selection down to few shades
- offer input, but let patient make ultimate decision
Size - occlusal-gingival height and mesial-distal width
Mold - shape of the individual teeth
How should you determine the size of anterior teeth?
Use existing denture
- measure the height and width of the central incisor of the denture with a boley guage
Use anatomical landmarks
Use the Interalar Facial Meter
Use the Trubyte Tooth Indicator
How should you determine the width of the central incisor with anatomical landmarks?
The width of the central incisor is approx 1/16 the bizygomatic width (house and loop)
(bizygomatic width can be measured using a caliper-type facebow)
What is the width of the anterior sextant?
The approximate combined width of the 6 anterior teeth on a flat plane is the
bizygomatic width divided by 3.3
How should you determine the width of the anterior sextant with anatomical landmarks?
- mark corners of the wax rim
- measure the distance using the curve of the wax rim
- that distance will approximate the combined width of the 6 anterior teeth ON A CURVE
- Use the facial meter to measure the interalar distance
- classifies anterior sextant width into small, medium, large
What are the 5 ways to determine width of anterior teeth?
- Measure the width of the central incisor on existing
denture - 1/16 the bizygomatic width equals the width of the
central incisor - Bizygomatic width divided by 3.3 equals the
combined width of the 6 anteriors on a flat plane - Corners of the mouth marked on the wax rim
equals the combined width of 6 anteriors on a
curved plane - Use the Interalar Facial Meter
How should you determine the length of anterior teeth?
- Use an existing denture
- Use the patient’s lip line
- Using anatomical landmarks
- Evaluate the distance between the maxillary
and mandibular ridges
Why should you mark the “lip line” on the maxillary wax when a pt smiles?
To estimate the length of the max teeth and avoid a “gummy smile”
What equation can be done by utilizing the hairline to determine the length of the central incisor?
The distance from the hairline to the gnathion
(the most inferior bony portion of the chin)
divided by 16 equals the length of the central
incisor
What are 4 ways to determine the length of the anterior teeth?
- Measure the length of the central incisor on the existing
denture - Evaluate the “Smile line”
- 1/16 of the distance from the hairline to the gnathion equals
the length of the central incisor - Measure the distance between the maxillary and mandibular
ridges
What is the trubyte tooth indicator based on?
- Based on bizygomatic width for central incisor
width - Based on hairline and gnathion line for length
of central incisor
What are the two ideologies of anterior tooth mold selection?
- Dentogenics
- Geometric theory
What are dentogenics?
Frush and fisher
- based on age, sex, and personality
What is the geometric theory?
Williams, House and Loop
- based on the shape of the face
- the max central incisor resembles the inverted face form
What are the 4 categories of the geometric theory?
- square
- square tapering
- tapering
- ovoid