The "perfect" smile starts with strong teeth and healthy gums - this should be the first priority for anyone considering a smile improvement. Once this basic goal is achieved, you'll want to examine all your cosmetic dentistry options, to see how best to create the most esthetically ideal smile for you.
There is a natural law of beauty called the Golden Proportion, which, when applied to dentistry, means your smile should have the natural symmetry, shape, size and contour to fit your face.
A golden smile includes symmetry of the two front teeth as well as the neighboring teeth. Even if you don't have a natural symmetry around the centerline, we can create the illusion of evenness by lining up your two front teeth, as well as the adjacent teeth that are close to the midline, to create a balanced image.
The evenness and proper length of your gums is important too, as gums that are too long or too short can completely alter the look of your teeth, no matter how perfect your teeth are. Maybe you have an excess of gum covering your front teeth, making them look short and your smile too "gummy." Or perhaps your gums are uneven, making your teeth look like they're different lengths. Gum reshaping, a fairly simple in-office procedure, can even out your gums, and therefore improve the whole balance of your smile.
There are scientific ratios associated with the ideal smile, including the size and proportion of teeth, lips and gums, as well as how the nose unifies the sum of the parts to create the ideal profile. Your smile line, which ideally follows the curve of your lower lip, connects the biting edges of the top teeth. A curved smile line can make you look significantly younger, while a flat smile line looks aged and worn. There's even something called a reverse smile line, which results in a reverse arch.
Please ask us to explain the perfect ratio of the face, and how dentistry can provide you with your own perfect, golden smile.
