Smile Design – Cosmetic solutions with porcelain veneers and metal free crowns

With so much media coverage on cosmetic dentistry as seen on Extreme Makeover and The Swan, people are more aware of solutions they may not have been aware of just a few years ago.  Some of the solutions may include Zoom! in-office whitening, gum contouring, metal free crowns and porcelain veneers.

 

 

 

Every Smile Design is unique to each patient. In today’s modern dentistry, one size does not fit all.  Our Smile Design begins with a consultation with Dr. Anshu. She wants to understand how you see your smile now and what you want to achieve with your smile design and what kind of budget you have in mind.   

 

A Smile Design is a great way to improve your appearance, boost your self-confidence and improve your quality of life. If you tend to hide your mouth or cover your smile because you're embarrassed about the appearance of your teeth, consider a fresh smile as a way of improving yourself.

 

Q: What is a Smile Design?

A: A Smile Design is our way of packaging the services that allow us to look at each person’s unique dental needs and take the steps to give you the best smile possible. The results are often dramatic and life-changing.

Q: Who can benefit from a Smile Design:

A: Smile. No, really smile. Ask yourself what do you see? Are your teeth chipped, discolored, or crooked? Are you embarrassed to smile?

A Smile Design maybe a solution to correct:

• Crooked teeth
• Mis-shapen teeth
• Discolored or stained teeth
• Teeth that are too small or large
• Unwanted or uneven spaces
• Worn or chipped teeth

The next step, if you decide that you are ready to get started, is to create the blueprint for your Smile Design. To create your unique Smile Design, Dr. Anshu will take digital pictures and diagnostic study models. The photos are used to assess the smile line and the relationship of the smile with facial features.  We also assess the color composition of the teeth and the texture of teeth.  The study models are used to prepare a wax up. This is the blueprint for the Smile Design.

We determine and register how your teeth meet in function and chewing. This will help us to avoid any interference in the final Smile Design that could prove disastrous. We must determine how your jaw aligned with your skull, for instance, is the upper jaw at a slant in relation to the rest of the face? This way we can avoid having teeth longer on one side and shorter on the other. All of this information is communicated with the ceramist who will use the blueprint Dr. Anshu has created to duplicate your permanent porcelain restorations. The ceramist technician is so important that we have contracted with one of the best in the world.

The crowning touch in most cases is gum contouring . It allows Dr. Anshu to contour the gum line to create longer teeth with proper gum symmetry.

View before and after examples

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Types of Smile

One difference between a cosmetic dentist and a general dentist is that a cosmetic dentist, before doing any cosmetic dentistry work that involves multiple front teeth, will often perform a smile design consultation. Cosmetic dentists understand that communication with the patient over what they expect, what they want their teeth to look like, is critical to their success. Cosmetic dentistry is a self-esteem service. As such, if the result is not pleasing to the patient, the treatment is a failure. In order for you to be happy with the result, you need to have strong input into the artistic planning of your smile. To help you accomplish that, we have this brief presentation on the three broad categories of smile design.

There are three basic cosmetic dentistry smile design styles, and within each division there are variations on the theme.

The Sexy Smile

A sexy smile has variation in the lengths of the teeth. Since the central incisors tend to be longer than the other front teeth when they first come in and then wear down over time to an even length, we associate longer, more prominent central incisors with youth and "sexiness."

Therefore, in the "sexy" smile design, the central incisors are significantly longer than the lateral incisors. A sexy smile conveys youth and boldness, or it can also convey warmth. A sexy smile design also draws the eye to the center of the face, emphasizing the nose and chin. It is good for people with prominent, attractive lips.

The Sporty Smile

A sporty smile is between sophisticated and sexy. The central incisors are a little longer than the laterals. A sporty smile design conveys casualness and informality, and can also convey warmth. It's not quite as serious as the sophisticated smile nor as young as the sexy smile.

Factors that influence the smile design are: