Abstract

FRANCA, Poliana Vilas Boas Reis; INOUE, Ricardo Tatsuo; BONACHELA, Wellington Cardoso  and  SALLES, Murilo Auller e. Comparative analysis of the aesthetic perception between dental students and their patients regarding of color and shape of artificial teeth. Innov. Implant. J., Biomater. Esthet. (Online) [online]. 2010, vol.5, n.3, pp. 23-28. ISSN 1984-5960.

The aim of this work was to analyze the aesthetics perception among dental students and their patients in relation to color and shape of prosthetic teeth, and the practice applicability of the Trubyte Tooth Indicator - TTI (Dentsply, York, PA, United States) guide, in correlation of measures and classification of patients' faces. Sixty patients dentate were 19 to 59 years old and 60 dental students were 18 to 25 years old participated in this study. Every one had answered a questionnaire on teeth selection, and only the pictures of the patients were made with the use of device for face measures analysis, as well the height and width of upper left incisor was measured with a digital caliper. The results showed that a preference for ovoid form teeth as by students (51.7%) as by patients (46.7%); with regards to color there was a preference for 1A color as by patients (55%) as by students (31.7%). There was concordance between choice of the tooth form by student and the patient face form observed through Trubyte Tooth Indicator guide. There were no differences between both methods comparing width of the teeth. For assessed sample, it was concluded that the Trubyte Tooth Indicator guide is able to be used as an auxiliary means in selecting width of artificial teeth.

Keywords : Tooth, artificial; Esthetics, dental; Mouth rehabilitation.