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Aesthetic Considerations For Complete Denture

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Esthetic Considerations in Complete Denture
Prepared by Meghetie Ketchedjian-201500949
Submitted to Dr. Maria Reslan

Esthetic Considerations in complete denture

What would an edentulous patient wish for other than restoring back his teeth,smile and beauty?
Of course, when dealing with artificial teeth in complete dentures, many will be terrified of the idea of their future artificial appearance and will think restoring old natural appearance is impossible, but they have no idea that removable prosthodontics is the art branch of dentistry, and that it has in its dictionary what we call “ Denture esthetics: the cosmetic effect produced by a dental prosthesis which affects the desirable beauty, attractiveness, character, and dignity of the individual. “
Denture esthetics combines and blends science and art, therefore it does not have any set rules, but relies on the artistic view of the dentist, guided by his scientific knowledge.
Since the days of Hippocrates in the 5th century BC, till recently, many concepts were presented for teeth selection and arrangement, each trying to add more natural aspect of an “artificial dentition”.
After combining and summarizing most of these concepts, we can list some of the main points a “dent-art-ist” follows to make his patient’s face and mouth appear as natural as before.

Biological- physiological point of view
When facial musculature, and normal facial appearance are well understood, the dentist can accordingly make the

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