Aesthetic smile design is an aesthetic procedure that helps a person look younger than their actual age. Smile design performed with care achieves more successful results. To provide a person with an aesthetic smile form, procedures such as teeth whitening, bridge construction, ensuring harmony of visible teeth, treatment of gum diseases, and bonding must be performed meticulously.

Having harmonious teeth and gums during a person’s smile, correcting bite problems, will have positive effects on the smile form. In smile design, these procedures are performed inside the mouth. These procedures should be done in harmony with the person’s facial structure, skin tone, and lip structure. Additionally, the person’s gender should also be taken into consideration. During evaluations before the procedures, these should be shown to individuals with the help of computer smile programs, and they should be informed about the results of smile design. Individuals should be shown how they will enter their lives with their new smile form.

What treatments are performed during aesthetic smile design?
In aesthetic smile design, individuals can receive teeth whitening, porcelain or zirconium veneers if necessary, gum procedures (pink aesthetics), bonding applications, and orthodontic treatments when required. These are performed according to individuals’ needs.

What problems can aesthetic smile design solve?
With aesthetic smile design, gum irregularities, tooth color problems, tooth alignment issues, and irregular gaps between teeth can be corrected. Additionally, missing teeth in the mouth are replaced, tooth length discrepancies are corrected, and fracture and crack problems in teeth are resolved. Facial deformations caused by oral structure problems can also be corrected.

How long does the treatment process continue during aesthetic smile design?
Smile design is primarily performed taking into account the person’s wishes. Therefore, the treatment process can extend over a long period depending on the procedures to be performed. Sometimes it can also be completed in a short time. In aesthetic smile design, the person is first informed about oral and dental health. All problems that the person knows exist and all problems they are unaware of are taken into consideration. Gum problems and bite problems in teeth are evaluated. The problems these will cause in the long term are also considered. All problems are evaluated together and appropriate planning is made. If the problems only involve teeth and gums, the treatment process does not exceed a few weeks. However, if some operations need to be performed in the treatment, if orthodontic treatment is needed, the treatment process can continue for 6 months or longer. When the procedures are performed correctly, the person achieves a beautiful smile form, or rather, a youthful appearance is obtained.

Is gender important in aesthetic smile design?
Gender is quite an important factor for creating a new smile form, that is, for smile design. Because the smile form in women is round and oval, while in men it is square and rectangular. If these factors are overlooked, the new smile form has a negative effect on the person’s face instead. When performing aesthetic smile design, all details should be considered and they should be arranged to be compatible with the person’s structure. Smile design should be performed appropriately for men and women.

What factors are considered during aesthetic smile design?
First of all, advancing age causes wear on teeth. Additionally, upper lip muscles relax, and lower lip muscles begin to sag downward due to gravity. Because of these, upper jaw teeth become less visible, while lower jaw teeth become more visible. Therefore, the person’s age is taken into consideration in smile design.

Person’s gender: Tooth structure is different in men and women. Tooth corners are soft curves in women, while they are more distinctly angular in men. The smile line in women is parallel to the lower lip, while in men it is straight. Additionally, women’s front two teeth are longer than men’s. In smile design, personalized planning should be made, taking into account whether they are male or female.

Person’s facial features: There should be an appropriate relationship between the form of teeth and the person’s facial features. Thanks to tooth shapes suitable for facial features, facial features can be brought to the forefront. Angular teeth do not suit people with round facial structure at all. This causes disruption of harmony among facial features. Therefore, the smile form naturally leads to an artificial appearance.

Person’s gum shape and contour: The level of externally visible gums is important in smile design. This factor gives meaning to the smile. Excessive visible gums reflect negatively on beauty and attractiveness. Too little visible gums also cause an artificial smile. Therefore, pink aesthetics and white aesthetics are important in smile design. The appearance of teeth and the appearance of gums are equally important.

What effects does aesthetic smile design have on individuals?
The factors that will make a person look younger in smile design will also positively affect the person psychologically. Therefore, meticulous work should be done. Teeth and gum problems should be carefully resolved. Smile design is performed differently for everyone, that is, according to their needs. The smile design that suits a person is special for everyone. This both makes the person look young and makes them mentally healthier. Therefore, aesthetic smile design should not be viewed as just an aesthetic intervention.

Tooth placement and characteristics with aesthetic smile design
For a smile form that will suit a person, tooth shapes and characteristics are important. In the new smile form, teeth need to have certain characteristics.

Vertical symmetry: The vertical line passes through the center of the forehead, nose tip, and chin tip. This vertical line passing between the first incisors of the lower and upper jaw teeth is very important for an aesthetic smile form.

Artificial parallelism: There should be parallelism in the straight line passing through the tips of the incisors and the center of the pupils. If this is not achieved, curvature occurs in the person’s smile form.

Smile line: For a younger, more beautiful smile form, the line connecting the cutting edges of the upper front teeth should follow the smile line on the lower lip.

Proportion between teeth: For the smile form to be aesthetic, the external appearance of teeth from front to back should decrease at a certain rate. The mathematical value of this ratio should be 0.618, that is, in the form of the golden ratio. The golden ratio ensures the balance of nature and living beings. If this ratio is achieved in teeth, the smile form also becomes aesthetic.

There should be embrasures: Embrasures are triangular spaces between adjacent teeth. Embrasures are needed to achieve a younger appearance and an aesthetic smile. These naturally disappear with advancing age. Embrasures must be taken into consideration when performing aesthetic smile design.

Tooth colors: For natural-looking teeth, not every part of the teeth should be the same color. Even if teeth are white, the parts close to the gums have a slightly yellowish color. The tip areas should be more transparent and grayish in tone. In the middle area, a more saturated color should dominate the teeth. Therefore, when performing aesthetic smile design, an order should be created by making color plays on the teeth. There should be transparent areas on the teeth.

Every detail in teeth should be evaluated when performing aesthetic smile design. Their effect on smile form is significant. It helps make smile design natural.

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