Practice abstract
British Dental Journal 199, 135 - 141 (2005)
Published online: 13 August 2005 | doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4812569
Verifiable CPD Paper:
Anterior dental aesthetics: Dental perspective
I Ahmad1
- The shape, length and width of maxillary anterior teeth are open to interpretation, including mathematical, physiological and psychological.
- Tooth alignment, in three dimensions, creates a pleasing tooth-to-tooth progression.
- The position of the teeth in the dental arches also ensures correct phonetics and occlusion.
ANTERIOR DENTAL AESTHETICS
- Historical perspective
- Facial perspective
- Dento-facial perspective
- Dental perspective
- Gingival perspective
- Psychological perspective*
*Part 6 available in the BDJ book of this series
Abstract
The purpose of this series is to convey the principles governing our aesthetic senses. Usually meaning visual perception, aesthetics is not merely limited to the ocular apparatus. The concept of aesthetics encompasses both the time-arts such as music, theatre, literature and film, as well as space-arts such as paintings, sculpture and architecture.
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