Facial approximation: evaluation of dental and facial proportions with height.

Background: Fabrication of complete dentures requires the use of certain guidelines which are placed on the bite blocks to assist the clinician to have the maxillary anterior teeth restored to optimal dento-labial relations, in harmony with the overall facial appearance.

Objective: To explore if any relationship exists between dental and facial proportions as well as the height of the individuals.

Methods: Two hundred and four dental students of the Obafemi Awolowo University volunteered to participated in the study.