Role Of Adjacent Soft Tissues In Determining Dimensions Of Maxillary Anterior Teeth

Background and Aim of Study: Successful restoration of a tooth within the aesthetic boundaries results in a distinctly positive effect on the patient's self-esteem and quality of life. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine and evaluate the relationship of adjacent facial soft tissue measurements as a guide to the dimensions of maxillary anterior teeth in dentate male and female individuals of Indian origin. Materials and Methods: This study included a total of 58 dentate subjects i.e. 29 male and 29 female individuals. Various soft tissue landmarks were compared with hard tissue measurements. The obtained data will be analysed using SPSS software version 20. Male and female Groups will be compared by independent Student's t test. Pearson's correlation analysis will be done to assess association between the variables. p <0.05 will be considered as statistically significant. Results: The difference between the mean value of Philtrum length between male and female found to be significant (p<0.001). The difference between the mean value of upper lip length of male with that of female when compared was also found to be significant (p<0.001). Similarly, the mean lower lip length of Male was 43.357 and female was 42.528. Hence, statistically not significant. Conclusions: The Philtrum length, upper lip length and lower lip length correlates with the width of maxillary lateral incisor in male population. Similarly maxillary central incisor width also correlates between Philtrum length and lower lip length. In female the correlation is found to be negative and weak.