A smile centralizes facial beauty. Do you feel self-conscious whenever you look at your smile in the mirror and think, “What if it was more radiant?” Don’t worry, modern dentistry comes with an ultimate solution to your insecurities called “smile design.”
Smile design is a process of cosmetic dentistry aimed at boosting your smile. It involves several dental techniques such as teeth alignment, whitening, veneers, and dental implants. Your dentist can opt for any one of them or a combination of two or more to get the desired results. However, for a customized and affordable smile design, you need to choose a professional dentist.
Let’s have a detailed understanding of smile design treatment including its benefits, complications, post-procedural care, and much more.
Smile design is a systematic procedure in advanced dentistry that plans and visualizes your dream smile through specific dental procedures. It gives you a natural-looking smile suitable for your face.
Certain factors such as, facial appearance, face dynamics, skin tone, jaws, dental imperfections, and gum appearance must be taken into consideration to determine smile structure. The most important of these is dental appearance i.e., the shape, colour, size, and position of teeth, as teeth are the central component of a smile.
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The initial step is to book an appointment with a dentist and discuss in detail your smile goals, concerns related to the procedure, associated complications, and treatment duration.
First, the cosmetic dentist takes impressions, X-rays, and photographs of your teeth. In modern digital smile design, video footage of the patient’s mouth is also taken while smiling or laughing. This helps in observing facial symmetry and jaw movements. Next, these photographs are processed in a computer-based smile design software. After 3D analysis, a digital model of the ideal smile is created.
After analysis, an appropriate treatment plan is designed based on what type of smile you want as well as what will suit your face. The recommended treatment options like dental and gingival esthetics, which are briefly explained below, are assessed and explained to you along with their timelines, benefits, and possible risk factors.
Dental veneers: Veneers are used to treat chipped or cracked teeth and enamel discoloration. They are custom-made porcelain layers that fit over the front surface of your teeth. Smile design orthodontics: It aims at repositioning misaligned or crooked teeth using braces or clear aligners to straighten your smile. Teeth whitening: This method is used to brighten your smile by whitening discolored or stained teeth. Dental implants: Dental implants are titanium or ceramic medical devices that are surgically inserted into the jaw bone to hold artificial teeth. They are used to replace missing teeth.
Gingival esthetics aim to enhance the gum’s symmetry, shape, and size through certain procedures like gum contouring. One of the principles of smile design is to reduce the gummy smile. It is characterized by a large amount of gum tissue being exposed during a smile and is considered dull.
Next, follow-up visits are scheduled to assess the outcomes of treatment and to look for any further need for improvement. Your orthodontist guides you on how to maintain a new smile.
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