Studies have been done using some very clever equipment which have been able to plot out where we look to first when we see a picture of someone’s face and they have backed up what has been believed give true for a while now; that being that we tend to look at someone’s eyes and then their mouth.
If someone doesn’t like their smile it can really be quite debilitating. It can really lower a person’s confidence, make them never want to smile, then get paranoid everyone thinks they are a misery guts as that’s how they can come across but it’s not the real them. If someone falls into this category, fixing whatever the problem was with their smile can really change their lives; boost confidence which can then help people with jobs, relationships, all sorts. I am in a very lucky position that I sometimes get to do this for people and I can’t tell you how nice it is.
Obviously no two cases are the same. Not only that but certain imperfections may not bother one person but then keep someone else up at night. All I can do hear is run through the sort of things that can be done these days to help improve your smile if you don’t like it.
So there are two elements, the dental side of it and then the soft tissues around it so we’ll break it down that way.
Dental aspect
Treatments include:
- Stain removal
- Tooth whitening
- Tooth straightening
- Contouring of incisal edges
- Restorative treatments – such as white fillings, crowns, bridges veneers etc
- Surgical procedures – implant placement, crown lengthening
- High aesthetic dentures
- Gingival veneers – direct or in direct to replace where the gum line has shrunk back
Soft tissues
First thing that comes tomorrow people’s minds is having filler in the lips:
Obviously this can make a big difference – extra volume, even out asymmetry, extra definition etc – but there is so much more that can be done….
- Intra orally filler can be used to remove the dark triangles that can develope between teeth when the gums have shrunk back. This creates false pocketing of the gums though so oral hygiene must be amazing and it’s not to be entered lightly!!
- Corners of the mouth can be raised with botox and/or filler if you feel you have a droopy smile.
- If you feel you have a gummy smile then the upper lip can be lowered down with just a couple of botox injections.
- Any lines around the lips can be smoothed and softened.
- Botox injections can also plump up the top lip, done alone or in combination with filler.
So you see there’s all sorts of things that can be done these days. Just one or a combination of things can really transform people’s smiles.
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