How Da Vinci’s greatest secret can enhance the results of cosmetic dentistry.

Everyone knows Leonardo Da Vince for the famous masterpiece Monalisa.Apart from being a painter,he was also a scientist,military strategist

For me he was a man driven by curiosity,made an impact in all of the field that he touched upon.I was introduced to Leonardo Da Vinci via Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code while I was in college.

Golden Proportion is a secret that Da Vinci applied to most of his works.Golden proportion is seen in nature.

The discovery of golden proportion is credited with Luca Pacioli. Golden Proportion or the divine number is 1.618,or simply called as Φ(Phi).

Yes,the same phi that is taught in mathematics.It might be quite irrelevant to most professions now.

Throughout history, Golden proportion is considered pleasing to the eye.

When I learned about Golden ratio, it changed my life.Phi is the most beautiful number in universe.

Phi is the fundamental building block in nature.Understanding Vitruvian man is important before dwelling into phi

Phi is also called as Divine Proportion or Golden Ratio

The Vitruvian Man

“The Vitruvian Man” is an amazing art by Leonardo Da Vinci based on a Roman architect Marcos Vitruvius.

Nobody understood the divine structure of the human body,better than Da Vinci.He exhumed corpses to measure the exact proportions of human bone structure.

He was the first to show that the human body is literally made of building blocks whose proportional ratios always equal PHI.

“The length of a man’s outspread arms is equal to his height” is the simplest take away from The Vitruvian Man.Each one of us are a walking tribute to Divine proportion

While my colleagues were studying Anatomy,I was reading Da Vinci’s anatomical drawings.

Design and Golden Ratio

Phi or Golden ratio is widely used in designing.No successful designer can deny the hint of Golden ratio in their greatest design.

Golden Ratio creates the most aesthetically pleasing result,regardless of the subject.It could be in a logo,product,webpage or even a business card.

Dentistry and Da Vinci

Being a Dentist and driven by curiosity like da Vinci,I was looking for something from him in the field of dentistry.

Da Vinci could have been the first man to discover that humans have 32 teeth.The above sketch mentions 16 teeth on one side of human skull.

Golden Proportion and Cosmetic Dentistry

Dentistry has two modalities,Functional and Aesthetic. The ideology of Dentistry would have been functional and we are mostly trained on that.

Aesthetic concern of dentistry is quite new and that is why understanding Da Vinci is important to succeed through aesthetic dentistry.

Understanding Golden ratio is crucial to create visually pleasing results.While there is no standard protocol in dentistry,trying to achieve Golden ratio can create amazing results.

As a Dentist,I try to achieve Golden ratio on Smile Designing,though not exactly,anything close to phi creates stunning results.

After all,Da Vinci’s greatest concern was to create something beautiful that would be appreciated by the generations to come.

Da Vinci fused science and art to create masterpieces.”We’ll never emulate Einstein’s mathematical ability. But we can all try to learn from, and copy, Leonardo’s curiosity.”-Walter Isaacson

This article was originally published by Dr.Pawan Kumar on Medium

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