05 August 2012
Smile Analysis | Cosmetic Dentistry
Cosmetic dentistry creates attractive beautiful smiles. If your teeth are chipped, spaced or discolored, if teeth shape is unattractive then I can help you determine how to improve your Smile so you looking better and feeling better about your appearance.
Smile – A facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth usually to express pleasure, amusement, moderate joy, or love and kindness by features of the face, to laugh silently.
There are two ways used to analyze smile – the emotional evaluation and objective analysis.
The emotion smile evaluation
The emotional smile evaluation is based on each individual’s subjective perceptions of his or her smile. Your smile affects yourself image and greatly influence the quality of your interactions with others. The following questions are designed to help create a beautiful your smile.
- Do you love the appearance of your teeth and smile? O yes or O no
- Do you ever turn your face when smiling? O yes or O no
- Do you hold your hand up in front your mouth when talking to others?
- Have you figured out a way to use your lips to cover any aspect of your smile?
- Are you self confident about your smile?
- Do you like your smile photograph?
- When you look at pictures of models and actors and wishing you had a similar smile?
- Are you self conscious about your teeth or smile?
- How would a beautiful new smile make you feel?
- What would you like to change about your smile?
The objective smile analysis
You stand in front of a mirror now smile at yourself using your normal smile and smile as wide as you can and ask yourself the following questions.
• How many teeth show in your smile?
• Are any of your teeth yellow stained or discolored?
• Describe color of your teeth?
[a] White, [b] off white, [c] yellow, [d] dark yellow, [e] grey.
• Are your teeth evenly color?
• Do you have any grey, black or silver (mercury) filling in your teeth.
• Do you have any old crowns that have dark edges at the top or that don’t really look natural?
• Do you see any pitting or defects on the surfaces of your teeth?
• Are edges of any teeth worn, chipped or uneven?
• Are any your teeth turned, crooked, or uneven?
• Do you have any gaps or spaces between your teeth?
• Is the midline of your two front teeth centre with your face or nose?
• Do you see your upper lip position when smile
O – Average, O – High, O – Low.
• Do you see your lower lip position when smile
[a] Touching
[b] Not touching
[c] Slightly curved
• Do you see your incisal edge to lower lip when smile
[a] convex curve
[b] straight
[c] Concave curve
• Are your teeth crowded?
• Do any of your teeth appear short or too small or too large?
• Are edges of any of your teeth too long or too short or are all your teeth even?
• Are the edges of your canine teeth too long, sharp, or look out of line?
• Are your teeth too square or too round?
• Are your gums even and in line and symmetrical or irregularly shaped?
• Have your gums receded or red or puffy?
• Do you have “gummy” smile – showing too much gum tissue or having gums that are too thick?
• Do your gums bleed on brushing or swollen?
If you answered yes to most of above questions, I can help give you a better improve your teeth and beautiful smile.
The teeth have the greatest in influence on the appearance of smile, the shape and form the lips as well as healthy gum tissue that do not show too much all contribute to the smile that is perfect for you.
I create beautiful smile through principal of smile design and technique of smile design.
Symmetry around the centreline of our face is of great importance for an aesthetically pleasing smile. Even when this is not 100% possible, the illusion of symmetry should be created. The front two upper central incisors should be symmetrical in size, length and shape.
Ideally the smile line should be aligned so it is parallel to the horizontal.
Smile Line
The edges of your upper teeth should follow the curvature of the lower lip when you smile.
Smile Width
With a narrow smile, the side teeth are often in shadow. This leaves dark triangles at the corner s of the mouth. A wider smile allows one to see the ideal progression from the front to the back teeth, this is more attractive!
Gum Line
The gum line connects the highest points of the gum levels(zenith) of the upper teeth. This height must be symmetrical on both sides of the mouth. Ideally this line should follow the line of the upper lip, to ensure minimum gum exposure and optimum display of the teeth on smiling. The upper lip should touch where the teeth meet the gum, although a small amount of visible gum tissue above the teeth is acceptable (2mm).
Tooth axis
The main axis of the tooth inclines backward from tip to gum. This inclination increases from the incisors to the canines.
Contact point
It is lowest on central incisors and gradually move upwards towards the canines. The shape of the tooth will influence this contact point
Relative tooth dimension and proportion
Due to individual variations, it is difficult to provide "magic numbers" like the golden proportion, to define adequate tooth dimension and relative proportion. Perception of symmetry , dominance and proportion are influenced by many factors, and should be adapted for every personal smile.
Incisal edge configuration
A young smile has a "gull" shape whereas a more mature smile exhibits a flatter appearance.
Interincisal Angles
Interincisal Angles are the small triangular spaces between the tips of the teeth. These are artistically created by the ceramist and dentist to ensure a natural look.
Lips are to teeth as a frame is to a picture! The shape, fullness and symmetry of your lips can be optimised for the ideal smile.
Healthy gums
Gum tissue should have a light pink colour and firm texture without any swelling or bleeding. The papillae must completely fill the gap between teeth to avoid any visible black triangles.
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