[Number and frequency of upper anterior artificial teeth].

Abstract

By this study, a survey has been made of the number and frequency (percentage) of the selections made by form of Trubyte Bioblend artificial teeth applied to 1,507 cases of removable denture fitted for 17 years from Number, 1971, to November, 1988, at Department of Prosthodontics, Dental hospital in Nihon Univ. School of Dentistry at Matsudo. As a result, significantly high selecting frequency was observed of all forms as: 2 forms of Square Tapering in 548 cases (36.4%) and Tapering Ovoid in 270 cases (17.9%); and by sex, single form of Square Tapering in 253 male cases (48.8%) and 2 forms of Square Tapering in 295 cases (29.9%) and Tapering Ovoid in 234 cases (23.7%).