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| Term | female esthetic composition |
| Variations | soft esthetic composition |
| See also | basic esthetic composition, male esthetic composition |
| Definition | An arrangement of anterior teeth that gives the patient a softer, more delicate appearance. The standard female esthetic composition is this: 1. Centrals flat to the front of the mouth, one depressed slightly from the other, on the occlusal plane and vertical in profile. 2. Laterals on the curve of the arch, depressed at the neck, mesials rotated out, 1 to 2 mm shorter than the centrals. Rotate one lateral slightly to the distal on the labio-lingual axis and the other slightly to the mesial. 3. Cuspids on the curve of the arch, 1 to 3 mm shorter than the centrals, rotated out 2 to 3 mm at the gingival with the mesials rotated slightly out and the distals in. |
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