Smile Design

Smile design is the application of dentistry and art together to provide a smile that is unique to the face. First of all, a healthy smile plan is made with your personal wishes and the suggestions of your doctor. Smile design is planned according to your age, gender, face shape, profession and character. The most important point of smile design is that your smile is restructured by preserving your health and naturalness. When starting the smile design, it is first determined which geometric shape your facial line fits. Because the lines on the person’s face give the codes of which form the teeth should be in. Male and female anatomy are completely different from each other. While the transitions are softer in women, the nose and eyebrow arches are more faint. In men, facial features are sharper and more pronounced. The proportion of forehead, nose and chin tip differs from women’s faces. In women, the corners of the teeth are softer and the middle two teeth are longer than the adjacent teeth. There are also tiny gaps between the corners of neighboring teeth. The smile line also shows an upward curve. In men, the contours of the teeth are more pronounced and the neighboring teeth appear straighter. In addition, compared to women, the smile line in men comes in a flatter form. Thanks to smile design, you can have healthier teeth in every aspect.

How many types of smile expressions are there?

In general, smile expressions are divided into three. The first is the attractive smile, the second is the intellectual smile and the third is the sporty smile. For an attractive smile, the front teeth should be noticeably longer than the side teeth. Designing your front teeth in this way gives you a young, dynamic and attractive smile. The intellectual smile requires teeth lined up in a straight line. This smile gives your face a mature and knowledgeable expression. For a sporty smile, your central incisors should be slightly longer than the side incisors. This smile will give you a sincere, extraordinary and warm expression.

What is aimed with smile design?

With smile design, it is aimed to prevent tooth discoloration, single or several teeth in different alignment or position from each other, to eliminate the gaps caused by missing teeth, to have the gums in the alignment they should be, to eliminate the disproportion of the amount of visible teeth and gums, to prevent incompatible tooth lengths on the lips, to prevent the elderly appearance caused by missing teeth due to the collapse in the face and lips. Since all these problems will cause deterioration in the aesthetic appearance of the patient, it is aimed to eliminate all of them with smile design.

Which treatments are performed in smile design?

Smile design is determined according to the position and condition of the tooth. Treatments such as tooth lengthening, tooth shortening, tooth shape correction, thinning and thickening according to the position of the tooth, correction of gum gaps, smoothing the tooth surface layer and corner design, i.e. squaring, tapering, rounding, filing are performed.

What are the factors affecting smile design?

When determining a personalized smile design, the factors that affect this process include age, gender, lips, facial features, skin color, teeth alignment and gums.

In how many sessions is the smile design completed?

After the treatment is determined by taking into account the current dental condition and oral health of the person, the number of sessions will be determined accordingly. While the treatment can be completed in 1 session, it can also be completed in a few weeks.