Esthetics considerations in the selection of teeth for complete denture patients: A Review

The selection of artificial teeth for an edentulous patient is a most important and often difficult problem for the dentist. He should select teeth which not only embody the proper form and size, but the most ideal shade as well. The art of selection of teeth for edentulous patients has been lost in the maze of tooth guides, folders and pamphlets and the numerous methods of selection advocated by researchers. An attempt has been made in this paper to briefly describe the various methods advocated in the literature and to reach a practical method. For the sake of clarity and simplicity, the matter has been dealt with deferent aspects of geometrical analysis of face form, arch form, facial profile and other parameters like age, sex and personality of the patients.