Smile Makeover

Smile Makeover: All You Need To Know

A smile makeover is a dental procedure that uses one or more cosmetic dentistry procedures such as dental veneers, composite bonding, dental implants or teeth whitening to improve your appearance. There are many reasons why people consider smile makeover, and they are customised to suit your needs and considerations. Some things people consider for a smile makeover are gum tissues, skin tone, facial appearance, hair colour, lips and teeth components such as colour, width, length, shape and tooth display.

The Harley Street Dentist provide affordable smile makeover for patients in London. We want you to always look good; we make our services very affordable so that the high cost of treatment will not prevent you from looking good. To enquire about our smile makeover, call 02071830903 or send a mail via [email protected]

A smile makeover will be needed at one stage of your life or the other that is why we have provided you with all the required information, please read further to find out more.

Why Do I Need A Smile Makeover?

There are things you do not like about your smile; that is what our cosmetic dentist seeks to address when you consider a smile makeover. However, to improve your smile and appearance, your cosmetic dentist focuses on the following aspects:

  • Missing Teeth: Missing tooth or teeth can affect your smile and bite as well as increase your risk for tooth decay. Since missing teeth affect your facial beauty and smile; therefore, it is one of the aspects where cosmetic dentists focus on in your smile makeover. Dentists replace missing teeth with implants, bridges or partial dentures to restore beauty to your face.
  • Tooth Colour: Teeth staining can be caused by dead nerves in teeth, ageing or the consumption of some food and drinks such as coffee, wines or cola. Tooth colour is an important consideration during the evaluation of and preparation for various procedures of a smile makeover. The procedures that a cosmetic dentist may employ to correct your tooth include porcelain veneers, dental implants, crowns, bridges, and composite bonding.

Since one of the causes of discoloured teeth is age, having your teeth whitened can restore your youthful appearances. In smile makeover, your cosmetic dentists understand the balance between providing you with a brighter, whiter smile and maintaining a natural tooth colour, that is why the colour of your face and hair are carefully considered before selecting the shade for teeth whitening and veneers.

  • Alignment and Spacing: Teeth alignment is another aspect where cosmetic dentists focus on in smile makeover. Dental problems such as crooked, overlapping or gap teeth can be aligned through Invisalign, veneers and other orthodontics processes.
  • Harmony and balance: Gummy smile, cracked, chipped, and uneven teeth can hinder your appearances. Teeth bonding can help to improve your appearance, and a gummy smile can be re-contoured to improve the overall look of the smile.
  • Fuller lips, smile and cheeks: Certain procedures in smile makeover such as orthodontics and oral maxillofacial surgery has helped to improve and rejuvenate aged faces.

In smile makeover, your cosmetic dentist works closely with you in developing a treatment plan to arrive at your desired outcome. The treatment plans your dentist develops may include many cosmetic restorative procedures such as composite bonding, dental crowns, veneers, teeth whitening, oral maxillofacial surgery, gummy smile reduction and orthodontics braces.

Aesthetic Components of a Smile Makeover

There are other attributes of your teeth and smile that your cosmetic dentist evaluates on your smile makeover apart from the colour and alignment of your upper and lower teeth when you smile. These attributes include:

  • Tooth length: The length of your teeth may be of average length when you are younger, but wear and tear may result as you grow older, resulting in shorter teeth. A gummy smile can also make your teeth appear shorter. Shorter teeth can be treated using composite bonding, porcelain veneers or teeth crown to reshape and lengthen the two front central teeth. In case of a gummy smile, your cosmetic dentist modifies your gum line and lengthens the appearance of the teeth through laser dentistry procedures.

Teeth lengthening has an overall impact on your facial appearance.

  • Smile line: The smile line can be used as a standard point of reference to determine the length of your new teeth. It is an imaginary line following the edges of your upper teeth and lower lip when you smile.
  • Tooth proportions: The proportion of your teeth is one component that your cosmetic dentist will consider in a smile makeover. Dentists believe that a good smile where the two central front teeth have a width-to-length ratio of 4-to-5 is ideal. This tooth proportion is the standard for other teeth in the esthetic zone in order to have a balanced smile line.
  • Tooth texture and characterisation: Veneers and crowns can be worked on by a cosmetic dentist to make it look more feminine or more masculine or made to look and feel like natural teeth.

Maintaining Your Results

Regular oral hygiene, care and maintenance are highly required to maintain your result from any cosmetic dentistry procedure. Maintenance such as replacement of dental crowns after some years of use, replacement of porcelain veneers when they break or chip, enhancement of composite bonding, as well as whitening teeth to maintain your brightest smile are necessary to have a lasting result.

The experience of the lab technician and the materials you or your dentist chooses are some of the factors that may affect the longevity of your smile makeover. You must be careful when choosing a cosmetic dentist and you must enquire about any material before choosing so as to achieve a good result.

Your oral health is very important in any smile makeover treatment that is why your cosmetic dentists carry out a comprehensive evaluation of your teeth, gums, underlying support structure and bite to know if you are fit for the treatment. Oral health problem such as a misaligned bite or gum disease will hinder any smile makeover treatment that is why they must be treated first.

Our cosmetic dentists at The Harley Street Dentist are well able to handle all oral health treatments to ensure your desired smile makeover result. Visit us today at Harley Street, London. For phone and online consultation, please call 02071830903 or send a mail via [email protected]

Preview

There are different dental technologies your cosmetic dentist can use to show you the changes you should expect in your smile. A wax model mock-up temporary teeth may be created to explain your required procedure to the lab technician. The wax mock-ups and temporaries can help you preview your expected result so that changes can be made to the proposed treatment plan if you are not comfortable with it.

Other methods that can be used to preview your smile makeover include:

  • Before and after photos: Before and after photos from previous patients of smile makeovers can be used as an example of your expected results. These before and after photos we give you when planning for your smile makeover gives you the perfect idea of the quality we provide at The Harley Street Dentist.
  • Dental imaging software: You can preview your smile makeover result with imaging technology. This dental imaging technology helps your lab technician to understand the procedure and specification involved in your treatment plan. The digital image may not give a full match of your final result; it only gives you an idea of what you might look like when the treatment is completed.
  • Dental composite bonding mock-up: Dental composite bonding can be used to preview your smile makeover. With composite resin materials that your dentist temporary bonded to your teeth, you can know what the result of your smile makeover procedure will look like before the treatment begins. Composite bonding can help you identify how comfortable you will look on veneers and how well they can be fitted. In case you are not comfortable with them, there will be continuous adjustment until your desired new smile is achieved.
  • Dental study models: The dentist takes an impression of your teeth to make an exact model of your teeth using plaster. You may reshape the plaster either by enlarging areas that require more volume or trimming away excess areas. The model is used to preview the result you expect to see in your makeover, and the dental lab technicians also use these study models as guides for producing makeover materials such as dental veneers or crowns.

The Harley Street Dentist uses digital technologies such as a digital scan of your teeth to make models of your smile makeover rather than traditional impressions. To enquire about our smile makeover, do reach out to us.

Cost of a Smile Makeover

Treatment duration and smile makeover cost vary based on factors such as your dentist’s expertise and experience, your location, state of your oral health, the extent of your customised makeover, or your level of dental insurance.

You may exceed your budget if your dentist notices some oral health problems that need to be solved before your smile makeover treatment commences. Your dental insurance may cover some of the cost of this restorative procedure, but you may still pay more than someone without oral health issues.

You need to visit the dentist regularly and take proper care of your oral health so that your oral restorations such as crowns and veneers can last longer. If properly cared for, oral restoration such as porcelain can last more than ten years before there will be a need for replacement.

The Harley Street Dentist offers affordable smile makeover for patients in London. We do not want the high-cost of smile makeover hinder your bright smile, that is why we make our services as affordable as possible.

Maintaining Your Results

Good oral hygiene and care will help your new smile last longer. You should brush your teeth at least twice a day using non-abrasive fluoride toothpaste such as Rembrandt to keep your mouth healthy and your cosmetic restoration in good shape. You should avoid brushing your mouth with highly abrasive toothpaste after restoration because they can scratch the surface of restorations making their polishes to be dull.

Flossing is important for maintaining your result after any oral restoration. It helps to remove debris and plaque from the teeth, which increases the lifespan of restorations and prevents tooth decay. Flossing makes your gum tissue very healthy and impeccable making it an ideal option for maintaining veneers.

Mouthwashes should not be used on dental crowns and veneers because they contain alcohol which can degrade the bond between your restoration over time. Alcohol-free mouthwashes should be used instead if you to have veneers fitted on your teeth.

Food and drinks to limit or avoid

You should avoid foods high in sugar, and between-meal snacks should be limited as well to prevent cavities. Drinks such as coffee, soda, and tea should be limited because frequent consumption can stain your teeth. You should also limit alcoholic drinks because they can damage your dental work in the long run.

Other Precautions

Avoid biting or chewing hard objects such as metals, pens, bottle covers, staples and many more. In case you are a victim of teeth grinding, you should wear a nightguard to prevent wearing your teeth and oral restorations.

Restorative treatment, such as porcelain veneers and composite bonding are costly. You should follow the maintenance recommended by your dentist so that they can last as long as expected.

Dental restorations are not permanent; composite can last up to seven years while porcelain lasts around ten to twenty years. However, these oral restorations may not last up to the expected time due to factors such as expertise of the cosmetic dentist and your oral care after restorations.

When your oral restoration such as veneers or crowns is broken or chipped, replacing them will follow the normal procedure starting from taking an impression of your teeth until the permanent restorations are fitted.

You should follow the recommendations of your dentist to ensure the long-term beauty of your new smile, and also keep all appointments with your dentist.

Conclusion

A smile makeover uses one or more cosmetic dentistry procedures such as dental veneers, composite bonding, dental implants or teeth whitening to improve your appearance. A smile makeover is customised to suit your needs and considerations.

If you consider smile makeover, The Harley Street Dentist can help restore your smile at affordable prices. You can visit us at Harley Street London. For enquiry, please call 02071830903 or send a mail via [email protected]

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