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Smile Design

The ideal smile is a gift from nature, but not all of us are lucky.

Prosthodontists can create a beautiful smile with the right methodology.

In dentistry, after all, we don’t just fix teeth.

The health of your teeth and mouth is important, but equally important is that your new teeth match your face and lips.

In order to determine which aspects of your teeth require improvement, we first analyze your smile before creating a new one.

You can bring up your concerns at your first consultation at our clinic, so that we can learn about your expectations and talk about areas that need improvement.

In turn, we examine your face, teeth, and the way your face and teeth interact, determining which areas of your teeth need treatment.

We consider a variety of aspects, including:

  • your gender and age
  • the lips’ curvature
  • the anterior teeth’s width and length
  • the relationship between the teeth and the gums’ position

We choose whether to adjust the incisal edge of your teeth, their inclination, their proportions to one another, and we design your new smile based on the results of the Smile Analysis.

Now, the new smile’s design is created digitally. We apply the aspects we think require modification to the digital model of your mouth using specialized design programs.

We print a model of the mouth that shows the modifications we made, once the design is finished.

At our subsequent meeting, you will be shown the updated model, and we will jointly determine whether the suggested modifications satisfy your needs.

We frequently make a “trial smile” for you, which is a model of the new smile made of synthetic materials that may be worn over your teeth without requiring any adjustments.

The trial smile instantly gives us a sense of the ultimate smile we want to achieve, and we jointly determine whether the suggested change is appropriate or requires modification.

We start the treatment as soon as you are happy with the anticipated outcome.

At the provisional stage, the modifications in your teeth’s features are reassessed. There, we may observe the tooth sizes and positions, determine whether your speech is satisfactory, and even make changes to enhance the outcome.

We can get great results with this methodical approach to your teeth’s cosmetic problem.

At the same time, you take part in each step of the procedure and confidently arrive at the outcome.

 

BEFORE and AFTER

See in the photographs, cases that needed Smile Design and were treated in our clinic.
After

Her smile after the treatment managed to address the existing problems.

Before

Our patient wanted to improve her smile.

Her teeth were small, and the lateral incisors had gaps with the central ones.

After

After crown lengthening, we made 2 porcelain veneers on the lateral incisors to close the gaps and restore the teeth to their normal size.

Before

Patient had a gummy smile.

The gums were very visible when she smiled, and it was necessary to perform a crown lengthening procedure, which was completed in collaboration with a periodontist.

Smile design with crown lengthening and porcelain veneers
After

The new all-ceramic restoration was designed to widen the upper dental arch.

In addition to replacing the old restorations with new ones, we included 3 porcelain veneers in the design.

Before

Our patient had old bridges in the upper jaw.

He wanted a new set of teeth that would create a youthful appearance when he smiled.

After

The new prosthesis achieves the purpose for which it was made.

This would not have been possible without careful digital planning of the case.

Before

Before removing the old prosthesis, we digitally design the new smile to achieve the desired result.

Smile design with a metal ceramic bridge
After

We made 3 all-ceramic crowns and one porcelain veneer.

The new teeth would be wide and short if their crown had not been elongated beforehand, with a crown lengthening procedure.

Before

The young patient had 3 old crowns and a resin veneer.

She desired the improvement of the crowns and the closure of the gap between the two front teeth.

After

 

The new prosthetic work, besides providing a new color and quality, improved the length-to-width ratio of the teeth.

It required careful planning of the outcome to achieve a satisfactory result.

Before

Before we proceed with the change of the prosthetic work, the gums were moved to a new position so that the teeth would have better length.

Crown lengthening and all ceramic crowns
After

The patient’s smile immediately after the cementation of 4 all-ceramic crowns.

The shape and morphology of the new crowns were obtained after careful design of the smile.

Before

Our patient had 4 porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns that were not aesthetically pleasing.

The old crowns had a pronounced inclination to the labial side.

They did not fit the gums properly and did not match the curvature of the patient’s lower lip.

After

The 4 all-ceramic crowns were made after a careful design of the smile.

The aim was to create 4 front teeth with correct morphology, inclination and correlation to the lower lip.

Before

Intra-oral view of the old crowns.

We don’t just have to replace the old crowns with new ones.

We have to give the new restorations the right length and shape to enhance the patient’s facial features.

Improving aesthetics with new crowns and a new smile design
After

In the new prosthesis, the length of the teeth, their inclination and their relationship to the lower lip are carefully planned so that the result restores the appearance of the patient, who is only 50 years old.

Before

Old denture that did not properly support the patient’s lip.

When the patient smiled, the smile appeared inverted, with the posterior teeth showing more than the anterior teeth.

Smile design for a patient with a full denture
After

4 porcelain veneers improved the patient’s smile significantly

Before

Congenital missing lateral incisors is pretty common.

The canines emerge in the position of the lateral incisors, leaving gaps with the rest of the teeth while their shape and colour greatly affect the appearance of the smile.

After

When designing the smile, we try to give the teeth the right proportions of width and length so that the result looks natural.

Before

The teeth were narrow in relation to their length. The canines which replaced lateral incisors were recognisable by their pointed shape and darker colour.

Congenitally missing lateral incisors, smile design and restoration with porcelain venners
Questions
  1. Do I need a Smile Design?

    Η ανάλυση των χαρακτηριστικών του προσώπου, των δοντιών, αλλά και της σχέσης των δοντιών με το πρόσωπο βοηθά να εντοπίσουμε τα στοιχεία των

    A smile design is done when you need to change the position of your teeth before the final work is done.

    It includes all the changes that need to be made to your teeth so that the final result matches your smile and face.

  2. How do I know, if my new teeth will look good?

    If major changes are to be made to your smile, we will test the results we have designed before any work is done.

    This is the test smile, which helps both you to get an idea of the result we want to create, and helps us to decide whether or not additional changes are needed.

    The design is also evaluated at the provisional stage and modified if necessary.

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