Smile Makeovers
Annapolis, MD
Smile Makeovers provided by Dr. Djawdan
in Annapolis, MD at Djawdan Center for Implant and Restorative Dentistry
 Dental issues, such as teeth discoloration, chipping, and breakages, can affect the quality of our smiles. Thankfully, cosmetic dentistry exists to provide immediate solutions by giving you a smile makeover. At Djawdan Center for Implant and Restorative Dentistry, we can resolve a majority of these dental concerns using cosmetic dental treatments designed to improve the way your teeth look. You will be thrilled with the outcome of your smile makeover!
What Is a Smile Makeover?
A smile makeover refers to a collection of cosmetic dental treatments aimed at enhancing the appearance of your teeth. The goal of a smile makeover is to revamp your teeth, providing you with a stunning, flawless smile.
Benefits of a Smile Makeover
Improving Your Teeth Color
In the past, the most common dental fillings used silver or amalgam to fill in any cavities in your teeth. These teeth fillings are usually colored differently from your teeth, and they stand out when you laugh or talk. If you go for a smile makeover, our dentist will replace these silver and amalgam fillings with more natural-looking composite restorations to make the fillings look like a natural part of your teeth.
Replacing Missing Teeth
A smile makeover also has dental procedures that dentists use to replace missing teeth. Your appearance, self-esteem, and confidence tend to be impacted when you have one or more missing teeth. A smile makeover procedure that replaces your missing teeth will indirectly improve your self-esteem, appearance, and confidence by giving you a perfect smile.
Teeth Alignment and Proper Spacing
The way that your teeth align in your mouth determines if you have a perfect smile or a crooked smile. A smile makeover is a necessary means of getting your teeth perfectly aligned and properly spaced. Our dentist will ensure that any teeth that are crooked, overlapping, or have gaps in between are straightened and aligned using Invisalign and improved using veneers.
Brings Harmony and Balance to Your Mouth
Your mouth tends to lack harmony and balance when you have a few chipped, cracked, and uneven teeth. A smile makeover means cosmetically bonding your teeth to improve your appearance. If you also have a gummy smile, our dentist can re-contour your gums to improve the overall appearance of your smile.
Fuller Cheeks, Lips, and Smile
The shape of your jaws sometimes determines the shape of your face. The improvements in the dentistry industry have made it possible for dentists to rejuvenate and improve your lips, smile, and cheeks using specific procedures. Some of these procedures include oral maxillofacial surgery and orthodontics. The process of giving you fuller cheeks, lips, and a smile requires you and our dentist to develop a treatment plan to achieve what you desire from a smile makeover.
Aesthetic Components of a Smile Makeover
A smile makeover comes with various aesthetic components that go into the planning phases. These include:
Tooth Proportions
Before you can get a smile makeover, our dentist will examine your teeth to determine if they are proportional to each other. For many people, a pleasing smile is one where the two teeth at the center of your upper jaw are dominant. Your smile will also be considered pleasing when the dominant teeth have a width-to-length ratio of 4:5. Our dentist will use this proportion to design the length and the width of your other teeth to ensure that they are in the aesthetics zone so that your smile comes out well-balanced.
Tooth Length
The appearance of your smile also depends on the length of your teeth. For example, longer teeth give one a youthful appearance. Natural aging causes wear and tear on your teeth, making your teeth get shorter over time. A smile makeover is a solution for short teeth, and our dentist can reshape and lengthen the two front teeth using porcelain veneers or composite bonding. If you have a gummy smile, our dentist will modify your gum line to make your two central teeth longer.
Smile Line
A smile line is usually an imaginary line. However, our dentist knows more about your smile line and that it is the line that follows the edges of your upper teeth from one side to the other side. Ideally, your smile should be the line that follows the curve of your lower lip when you smile. Our dentist will use your smile line as a standard point of reference that determines the length of your teeth and how they should look.
Tooth Characterization and Texture
The final, most important component of a smile makeover is the texture of your teeth and their characterization. A smile makeover is like working around artistic designs, and our dentist must possess some artistic nature. As a result, they can create veneers or crowns that match the look and feel of your natural teeth.
Popular Smile Makeover Treatments
Are you wondering how a smile makeover is possible? Here are the most common smile makeover treatments:
Composite Bonding
Composite bonding is a popular smile makeover treatment that uses resin made using mixed plastics and glass. Our dentist will use the mixture to rebuild and restore damaged teeth and cover any stains or discoloration that teeth whitening bleach cannot remove.
Veneers
A smile makeover might also involve the use of veneers, which are attached to the front parts of your teeth to hide stains and deformities. Veneers are designed to fix your dental issues, including broken teeth, crooked teeth, chipped teeth, and short teeth.
Crowns
A smile makeover also uses dental crowns, which are versatile cosmetics that fix a series of dental problems. Your dentist will use dental crowns to repair broken or chipped teeth, fill spaces between the teeth, and lengthen short teeth.
Maintaining the Results of Your Smile Makeover
Most of the issues that affect the appearance of your smile are considerably preventable. After going through extensive restoration through a smile makeover, you must work hard to maintain the results you get.
First, change your oral hygiene habits to ensure that your restorations remain the same for years to come. These changes include not using highly abrasive toothpaste and tooth brushing habits. If you brush your restorations too hard, the surfaces will be scratched, and the polish and luster will be dulled.
Craft Your Ideal Smile With Us
An ideal smile is no longer a dream but a reality. A smile makeover is what you need to address many dental issues, especially aesthetic concerns. Visit Djawdan Center for Implant and Restorative Dentistry to discuss your smile makeover needs. Make an appointment by calling us at (443) 569-8764. |
