Smile Designing
Are you worried about your smile? Do you feel embarrassed when you smile? Do you avoid smiling because of bad teeth? Have you wanted a beautiful smile? Well, you have to look no further. We will design a beautiful, harmonious smile using digital smile designing technology, which will boost your confidence, reduce stress and let you smile to your heart’s content.
Smile Designing Concept
A beautiful smile is when there is harmony between the teeth, face shape, skin tone and colour, hair colour, lip shape and position and gum contour. Aspects of teeth such as width, colour, length, shape are important factors in smile designing. Wearing and discolouration of teeth as one ages, makes your smile look dull and lifeless. Smile designing preps up your smile providing a more youthful appearance. Smile designing is not about one or two teeth but the teeth that affect your smile.
You can discuss all that you like and dislike about your smile and our cosmetic dentist will analyse and provide the solution to your desired smile. Various techniques are used to design your smile. One or a combinations of techniques may be used to achieve the desired result.
You can discuss all that you like and dislike about your smile and our cosmetic dentist will analyse and provide the solution to your desired smile. Various techniques are used to design your smile. One or a combinations of techniques may be used to achieve the desired result.
Teeth Alignment and Spacing
Procedures such Invisalign or fixed orthodontic braces can help move the teeth that are crooked, overcrowded or have gaps between them, to the desired position. Porcelain veneers and teeth bonding materials provide a faster alternative.
Missing Teeth
Teeth that have been lost or extracted results in gaps that negatively affects your smile. These missing teeth are replaced with dental implants or fixed bridges.
Smile Contouring
Teeth that are chipped or broken can be fixed with highly aesthetic restorative materials. Discrepancy in length and angulation of teeth can be altered with restorative materials or veneers. The smile contouring is done to achieve a smile curve that is proportionate on either side and follows the curve of the lower lip. The length of teeth that is exposed when smiling is also an important factor in smile designing.
Gummy Smile
When there is too much gums visible in proportion to teeth when smiling, it is called a gummy smile. Gummy smile is unattractive even with well aligned teeth. The common cause of gummy smile is the upwardly positioned upper lip when smiling. When the lip moves very high too much of gums gets exposed causing a gummy smile. Sometimes there may be excess gums that cover the teeth causing the teeth to look short, producing a gummy smile.
Smile designing will help create correct proportions of gum to teeth when smiling. This can be done via lip repositioning or gum contouring.
The upper lip can be repositioned to a lower level when smiling through a small surgical procedure. Excess gums can be removed surgically to expose the correct amount of tooth surface.
The upper lip can be repositioned to a lower level when smiling through a small surgical procedure. Excess gums can be removed surgically to expose the correct amount of tooth surface.
Maintaining The Results Of Your Smile Design
- A good oral hygiene routine is important to maintain the results of a smile designing treatment for a long time
- Do not use highly coloured or abrasive toothpastes. It can scratch or discolour your restorations
- Brush two to three times daily for best results
- Flossing of teeth is important to prevent clean the areas in between two teeth. This prevents decay and gum inflammation. It helps increase the lifespan of restorations and veneers
- Avoid foods high in sugar and control the intake of coffee, tea, wine, soda and other highly coloured foods
- Avoid chewing or smoking tobacco
- Avoid mouthwashes with alcohol content as it may reduce the bond strength of restorations
- Avoid biting directly into hard sticky foods like apple or pizzas
- If you have a habit of grinding your teeth at night, night guards must be used to protect the teeth and the restorations
- Cosmetic restorations are not permanent or indestructible and may need replacement eventually. It may last anywhere between 5 to 15 years or more depending on how take care of it.
