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Volume 37 , Issue 4
July/August 2017
Pages 533–539

Comparison of Periodontal Biotypes Between Maxillary and Mandibular Anterior Teeth: A Clinical and Radiographic Study

Andrés Pascual, DDS, PhD/Lucía Barallat, DDS, PhD/Antonio Santos, MD, MSc, PhD/Paul Levi Jr, DDS/Mónica Vicario, DDS, PhD/José Nart, DDS, PhD/Kyrenia Medina, DDS/Georgios E. Romanos, DDS, PhD, Prof Dr Med Dent

PMID: 28609499
DOI: 10.11607/prd.2848

Periodontal biotype is a key element influencing esthetic treatment outcomes in clinical practice. However, while the soft and hard tissue thicknesses of maxillary anterior teeth have been widely studied, information regarding mandibular anterior teeth is scarce. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine whether there is a relationship in terms of hard and soft tissue thickness between maxillary and mandibular anterior teeth. The present study included 90 maxillary and 90 mandibular anterior teeth in 15 healthy patients. Clinical and cone beam computed tomography measurements were taken to determine gingival and buccal bone thickness, respectively, and a correlation was made between maxillary and mandibular anterior teeth. No statistically significant differences were found when comparing gingival and buccal bone thickness at the crestal third and midpoint of maxillary and mandibular teeth (P > .05). However, some differences were observed at the apical third between the two groups. The results suggest that soft and hard tissue dimensions of maxillary and mandibular anterior teeth are comparable, especially in the coronal third. However, more studies are necessary to confirm that maxillary anterior teeth can be used as a reference when dealing with mandibular incisors and canines.

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