Nasal width dimensions and anterior teeth in prosthodontics.

The arrangement of artificial anterior teeth in complete dentures has always relied on certain biometric guides. A study was conducted on 118 Chinese subjects to determine if there was any relationship between the interalar nose width and intercanine distance. The results show that men have wider noses and slightly greater intercanine distance compared to women. These dimensions have been shown to be generally greater than similar studies conducted on Caucasian subjects. However there was no demonstrable correlation between interalar width of nose and intercanine distance.