Prosthodontic

5th class Dr.Mithaq Radhi

Lecture(15)

Esthetics in complete denture

Esthetic: is the study of the mind and emotion in relation to the sense of beauty.
Dental esthetic: the application of the principles of esthetics to the natural or artificial
teeth and restoration.

Denture esthetic: the effect produced by dental prosthesis that affects the beauty and
attractiveness of the person.

Structural esthetic components:

1- Facial components

*Facial features

*tooth visibility

2- components of smile

*Lip line

*Smile line

*Upper lip curvature

*Negative spaces

3- Dental components

*Dental midline

*Axial alignment

*Dental morphology

*Contact points
4-Gingival components

*Gingival morphology

*Gingival contour

1- Facial components

*Facial features:

Impresion stage:

*role of esthetics is to develop labial and buccal borders so that they are not only retentive but
also support the lips and cheeks properly.

*care must be taken not to over support these structures with borders that are too thick.

*Tooth visibility:it is important for female than males as the average exposure of teeth is twice
in females as that of males.
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2-Smile components:

*Lip line: refers to height of the upper lip relative to the maxillary central incisors.

Smile line: line drawn along the edges of the four anterior maxillary teeth that has to coincide or
run parallel with the curvature of the inner border of the lower lip.
*Upper lip curvature:

*Negative spaces(buccal corridors): is the dark space that appears between jaws during
laughter and mouth opening
3-Dental components:

A-Dental midline :placing this midline precisely in accordance with facial midline or in the
midline of the mouth using the incisive papilla or labial frenum as landmark.

B-Never establish it in a precise midline because it may contribute to an artificial appearance.

C-Axial alignment:

4-Gingival components: the location of the gingival zenith in relation to tooth axis is distal in the
maxillary central incisors and canines and coincides on lateral incisors.