The Ideal Smile
Cosmetic Dentistry & The Ideal Smile
Anatomy of the Smile
Anyone can have the ideal smile they dream about. But there is a great deal more to the ideal smile than white teeth. Most people who look at a smile will look at the color and the alignment of the teeth and notice whether if they are crooked. A filling or a crown that doesn't match natural tooth structure may also be noticed. But the teeth are only one of three equally important components of a ideal smile. The human mouth is a stage and is framed by the lips and the soft tissue that surround the teeth. If either of these deviates from the accepted norm, even if the teeth are straight and white, the smile may appear unsightly.
The upper and lower lips frame the display zone of the smile. Within this framework, the components of the smile are the teeth and the gingival scaffold. Your lips frame your gums and teeth. There is not much your cosmetic dentist can do about the muscles and attachments of the lips. But the lips have a dominant role in your ideal smile. The lip line is divided into three types; low, medium and high. A low lip-line means you show little or no tooth structure when you talk or smile. In United Kingdom today, this is regarded as being the appearance of an older person.
Smile Classification
There are two basic types of smiles: the social smile and the enjoyment smile. Each type involves a different anatomic presentation of the elements of the display zone . The social smile, or the smile typically used as a greeting, is a voluntary, unstrained, static facial expression. The lips part due to moderate muscular contraction of the lip elevator muscles, and the teeth and sometimes the gingival scaffold are displayed. The enjoyment smile, elicited by laughter or great pleasure, is involuntary. It results from maximal contraction of the upper and lower lip elevator and depressor muscles, respectively. This causes full expansion of the lips, with maximum anterior tooth display and gingival show.
Correct appearance here is of primary importance in developing an ideal profile in a smile makeover process. If the height of the gum is too low or too high around a specific tooth or several teeth, even if the teeth are straight, they will look "wrong." Gum-position defects can be (and should be) corrected before any major front tooth restoration. Treatment may be minimal or major, depending on the number of teeth and type of problem present.
Smile Design
There is no universal "ideal" smile. The most important aesthetic goal in cosmetic dentistry is to achieve a "balanced" smile, which can best be described as an appropriate positioning of the teeth and gingival scaffold within the dynamic display zone i.e. projection of an enhanced smile through alteration of dental components as a practice of cosmetic dentistry. This is a type of comprehensive oral care that combines art and science to greatly improve the aesthetic appearance of the smile, as well as its health and function.
An accurate smile design starts with a facial analysis, when the line between the pupils and the horizontal line from the connecting edges of your upper teeth (smile line ) are in parallel harmony; the smile line should also harmonize with the upper curvature of the lower lip. Then your cosmetic dentist; Dr. Kaviani evaluates the color, size and alignment of the dental compound, whether it is somewhat in the right places and proportional in relation with the face. Some of the most common cosmetic dentistry procedures include tooth whitening which enhances the color of your teeth, bonding and veneers or ceramic crowns,which can enhance the outward appearance of a tooth's color or shape, and gum contouring to harmonize with teeth. Straightening of the teeth through orthodontics is also a part of smile design - not only for improvement of the smile, but to set up a healthier foundation for other cosmetic procedures utilized by your cosmetic dentist in Preston.
Cosmetic Dentistry to Rejuvenate, Refresh and Renew
Your Cosmetic dentist in Preston; Dr. Kaviani can easily recognize these problems and offer suggestions for improved aesthetics. You may not know what is wrong with your teeth, but you know that you do not have the smile you want. It may not be the teeth alone. The framing of the teeth by your lips and the architecture and position of the gums surrounding your teeth are two variables variables in a three part equation for the ideal smile - yours!
We have the technology for you to visually see what is possible to do to design and improve your smile. For more information on your Ideal Smile Design , please contact your Preston Dentist at Lane Ends dental studio at 01772-726932