Smile Makeover Cosmetic Smile Analysis

Your smile is the most convincing form of communication. An attractive smile is a personal and a professional asset and it is one of the first and most important features on your face. A smile is what allows one to interact in a social and professional environment with ease and confidence.

Unfortunately, the number of people satisfied with their smile are few and far in between. If you are one of those people, whether it’s due to crooked, chipped, discolored, or missing teeth, we, at D. Dental are pleased to provide you, our patients, with beautiful, envy-worthy new smiles.

Thanks to the technological advances in today’s cosmetic dental procedures, as Cosmetic and Restorative Dentists, we can improve one’s smile, and in effect, the overall appearance accompanied by a major boost in self-esteem.

A mouth is the first point of contact when interacting with people, and coincidentally is it also a true reflection of human emotions (a grin, a smirk, a frown, or a grimace). While a cosmetic dentist does evaluate a patient’s smile during the very first visit to determine eligibility for treatment and improvement, you, the patient can do so yourself, right at home.

Perform an Emotional Smile Evaluation by asking yourself a set of questions to identify the points of concern about a smile. These questions include:

• Do you love the appearance of your teeth or are you embarrassed to smile?
• Are you self-conscious about smiling in public?
• Do you shy away from pictures, or hold back a laugh because you feel uncomfortable about your smile?
• If you were asked to, would you be able to list out 3 major things you would change about your smile?

Follow the Emotional Smile Evaluation with the Objective Smile Analysis. Walk up to a large mirror, for example like the one found in a bathroom, and smile at yourself. Next, picture a hilarious moment in your mind and laugh. Look at the mirror again. If you are unhappy with your teeth, this new smile, though considerably bigger than the ‘normal’ smile, will make you far more uncomfortable than the previous one.

After you’ve established that you are conscious of your smile, it is imperative to discover just what exactly is it about your teeth, which is so bothersome. Carefully evaluate the answers to the following questions:

• Are there spaces between your teeth?
• Are your teeth: Stained, dull, dark, misshapen, broken, chipped, or crooked?
• Are your teeth out of line or slanting one way or another?
• Are your gums too high or too low? Irregularly shaped and unbalanced?
• Do the recently colored/treated/filled teeth not match the rest of your dentition?
• Are the black, silver, or grey dental fillings visible in your smile?
• Are the biting edges of your teeth chipped down or worn due to consistent grinding and clenching?