| Background and Aims: Teeth position is an important component in a facial esthetic. Distance between
incisive papilla and incisal edge of the maxillary centrals is a stable landmark in reconstruction anterior
teeth of maxilla. Therefore in this study, we tried to establish this index in patients who recourse to the
fixed prosthodontics dentistry faculty of Tabriz. Materials and Methods: The initial samples consisted of
59 patients referred to prosthodontics department of Tabriz dental faculty and took upper jaw
impressions with irreversible hydrocolloid. Then, records poured by moldana stone until 15 minutes and
needed anatomical spots were highlighted. The horizontal distance from anterior part on incisal edge of
the maxillary centrals to anterior border, center and posterior border of incisive papillae were measured
and statistically inspected. Results: The mean distance between the most anterior point of the incisal
edge of the maxillary central incisors and the middle point, anterior border and posterior border of the
incisive papilla was 8.54 ,7.12,10.28 mm with standard deviations of 0.83,0.75,1.002 mm.
Conclusions: The usefulness of the incisive papilla as a reference point is limited because of the
migration and change of shape it has been shown to undergo. However, it may serve some purpose
because it is an easy measurement to make. Although the clinical findings may not always be true, but in
many cases there is a close relationship. |