Smile design is done for many reasons and is tailored to your specific circumstances. What do you like or dislike about your smile or teeth? Here are some of the smile features that your cosmetic dentist will review with you and can be improved with a smile makeover: Tooth color: Silver or amalgam dental fillings can be replaced with composite restorations that match the natural tooth color. Meanwhile, teeth whitening can also correct the color of your stained teeth.
A cosmetic dentist can design your teeth as a whole, from your jaw to your gums, from your tooth color to the size of your tooth. Smile design considers your facial appearance, skin tone, hair color, your tooth (color, width, length, shape, and tooth appearance), your gum tissue, and lips; to improve your ideal smile.
Smile design is done for many reasons and is tailored to your specific circumstances. What do you like or dislike about your smile or teeth? Here are some of the smile features that your cosmetic dentist will review with you and can be improved with a smile makeover: Tooth color: Silver or amalgam dental fillings can be replaced with composite restorations that match the natural tooth color. Meanwhile, teeth whitening can also correct the color of your stained teeth.
Tooth color and scanning are important considerations that come into play while preparing for and evaluating various procedures; these procedures include porcelain teeth, bridges, composite bonding, and dental implants. When addressing your tooth color, remember that dark or discolored teeth mean an older mouth. A smile of well-formed bright and white teeth means a more youthful appearance. The shade your dentist chooses for tooth whitening is carefully considered in relation to the color and tone of your face and hair.
Alignment and spacing: Teeth that are crooked, overlapping, or spaced apart can be straightened and aligned with orthodontics or Invisalign and enhanced with veneers. Missing teeth: When one or more teeth are missing, your smile can negatively affect your appearance, as well as affect your bite and cause decay. Replacing them is an important part of oral health and facial aesthetics. Missing teeth can be replaced with implants, bridges, or dentures. Harmony and balance: Uneven, broken, or cracked teeth can be aesthetically bonded for a more beautiful look, and adjustments can be made to improve the overall contour of your smile.
Full lips, smiles, and cheeks: A shapeless or aging face can be enhanced and rejuvenated with certain procedures in the smile design category; this includes orthodontics and/or oral, jaw, and facial surgery. Your cosmetic dentist will work with you to design a plan for exactly what you want to achieve in this process. In addition to the color, alignment, and balance of your teeth within the aesthetic boundaries of your smile (the upper and lower teeth that are visible when you smile); there are other elements that your cosmetic dentist will consider and tailor the smile design accordingly. These include: Tooth length: Long teeth give a person a more youthful appearance. As you age, wear and tear increase and your teeth shorten; again, too much gum showing when you smile can also make your teeth look shorter. Smile design treatment for short teeth includes reshaping and lengthening the two front teeth with composite bonding or porcelain veneers. If your smile looks like you have lost your teeth, your cosmetic dentist will offer a treatment to adjust the gum line and lengthen the appearance of your teeth using laser dentistry procedures. If necessary, you can also consult a periodontist to extend the top of your teeth.
Smile line: The smile line is a line that follows your upper teeth from one side to the other and is the same as the curve of your lower lip when you smile. This standard reference point can help you determine how long your new teeth will be for smile design. Tooth proportions: Your cosmetic dentist will examine your teeth to determine if they are in correct proportion to each other. Many people say that a truly beautiful smile has one of the center front teeth protruding and a width-to-length ratio of 5 to 4. This ratio also guides the width and length of the other teeth to aesthetic limits and the smile line remains balanced. Tooth texture and characterization: Cosmetic dentists who do smile design blend functionality with aesthetics. An artistic dentist does the necessary work to give your upper teeth or veneers a more feminine or masculine appearance; they can bring the natural tooth appearance to the same as you see in photos.
Your cosmetic dentist will comprehensively evaluate your teeth, gums, supporting structure, and other elements and determine if you are a good candidate for smile design. If, after the assessments, it is concluded that you have an oral health problem such as misaligned jaw structure or gum bleeding, you may need to undergo treatment before smile design. Since bad jaw structure treatment usually involves most or all of the teeth; this is called full mouth reconstruction. Although full mouth reconstruction takes a long time, patients are very pleased with the resulting transformation.
An integral part of the smile design process is evaluating potential results before treatment begins. Cosmetic dentists can offer you a variety of dental technologies to show you the changes you can expect in your smile. For example; during oral health assessment for veneers and tooth caps; Your cosmetic dentist can create temporary teeth from a composite model to discuss the requirements of your procedure with the dental lab technician. Temporary models also allow you to see the result that will arise with the proposed treatment plan.
