The smile design process typically continues with the introduction of porcelain veneers. A veneer is an overlay made of porcelain, which is about the thickness of a baby's fingernail. Though it appears fragile, the porcelain is incredibly durable and strong; it is able to reinforce and cover weak, unattractive teeth and is unable to be distinguished from real tooth material. The strength of porcelain is only matched by the beauty it gives broken, chipped, discolored, uneven, and widely spaced teeth.

Most smile design cases can be completed in two to four appointments, set at a pace that pleases you. We look forward to making the many options of smile design available to our patients, and welcome your questions and requests for examples and references. We are happy to explain the features and benefits of all our work.

If you have a beautiful smile, you never hold back from smiling. In fact, attractive teeth make you want to smile! Not only is a beautiful smile important to success in the business world, but also more importantly, it affects your self-esteem and confidence.  A beautiful, more alluring smile can be the beginning of a happier, more successful lifestyle. Designing your new smile is the first step.

Smile Design Evaluation: Your Smile Design Evaluation begins with an in-office examination and a personal consultation. The consulting cosmetic dentist will discuss your needs and concerns, and answer all of your questions. Your lip line, facial shape, jaw angle, and eye symmetry are examined. Radiographs, impressions, or photographs may be taken. Each of these elements is essential in designing the most beautiful "natural smile" for each individual patient.

After your Smile Design Evaluation is complete, the dentist and his office technician will plan a Smile Makeover. The philosophy behind is to use the most conservative dental techniques available to create your perfect smile, the smile you deserve. Every case needs to be planned out to the finest detail, before the chosen celebrity smile you've always been aspiring for, can be realistically (mind it!) achieved for you.

Smile Makeovers:
Since many aspects and angles of your current smile are taken into consideration, your Smile Makeover may also include a combination of treatments that may be right for you. Most are relatively simple procedures that are conservative, painless, fast, and surprisingly affordable. Aesthetic eye in the doctor will quickly repair chips, fill in spaces, and camouflage stains to give you a new smile that would have otherwise required years of braces and months of surgery and dental work.  Your beautiful smile can be created in as little as one or two days, so you, too, can enjoy the benefits of cosmetic dentistry!

Your smile is as personalized as your signature, and can make or break that critical first impression. Your smile is a statement about who you are.  The course of treatment will however determine as to how many subsequent visits will be necessary. For simple whitening cases, the BriteSmile or Zoom treatments of about an hour, will make the result last up to several years under honest caring regimen.

Am I a Candidate? If you answer yes to any of the following statements, you are a candidate for a smile designing/makeover

• I dislike the appearance of my smile.
• I'm embarrassed to smile.
• My teeth are chipped or broken.
• I have missing teeth.
• My teeth are crooked.
• My teeth are uneven.
• I have unsightly gaps between my teeth.
• My teeth are stained and discolored.
• My smile is keeping me from fulfilling my personal and professional life.
• I have grown a mustache or beard to cover my smile.

Smile Advice

What kind of smile are you looking for?
First, you decide what type of look you wish to achieve. Squared teeth suggest masculinity and rounded teeth suggest femininity. Hollywood smiles have teeth that are all the same length, and natural looking smiles have teeth of varying lengths. Whiter smiles suggest a more youthful appearance.

Making your smile appear so natural that it enhances your features and does not detract by appearing artificial. A natural smile is white, and there is no denying the fact that it is not overly white. It fits in with your face and goes along with your skin tone. When the aesthetic eye of doctor and computers are made basis to actually recreate your smile, you can have closer idea of the kind of smile you prefer

How many teeth show in your smile?
It is noticed that on an average people show at least ten top teeth and eight bottom teeth when they smile. However, in some cases people have smile that only show their top teeth. A mirror can give you a fair idea as to how many teeth show when you smile, talk and laugh. You may show more teeth than you think. Also, look in the mirror from the sides, as when people are talking to you or vice versa, they are not always directly in front of you.

Consider how much time you have.
If you are planning on smile designing for a particular occasion such as a wedding, reunion, pageant, etc., plan much in advance. Try to have the work completed two weeks prior to your occasion. Otherwise, this may affect what options can be done to enhance your smile.

Consider your treatment options & their cost.
During your initial consultation, treatment options and their cost will be discussed. There are several combinations of procedures, as described below that can be done correcting almost any problem. You can then take that information and review it at your convenience.

Description:

• crooked teeth can be straightened
• chipped, broken teeth can be repaired
• gaps between teeth can be closed
• gummy smiles can be recontoured
• stained, discolored teeth can be whitened
• missing teeth can be replaced · and so much more

Straighten Crowded Teeth Instantly
Smile and others will smile back.

Lengthen Short Teeth and Rejuvenate Your Appearance
Teeth wear down as people age. This process may accelerate if you grind your teeth. Porcelain veneers, composite bonding, and crowns are ideal solutions for restoring teeth to their natural size, shape, color and youthful condition.

How It's Done:
Once the dentist and patient determine the "style" of the desired smile, the dentist takes an impression of the patient's existing teeth. That impression is sent to a lab with precise instructions of what the smile should look like. The lab creates a "wax up" a wax model of how the enhanced smile or repaired teeth will look. The patient and dentist review the wax up and either make changes or give the lab approval to proceed. From the wax up, the lab creates the patient's new "teeth", typically a combination of veneers, crowns, Inlays and Onlays made of porcelain.

A very small chip may be corrected by enamel shaping. If the chip is a little larger, the best options may be bonding or a veneer. If the chip is on a molar, an onlay may be appropriate.

Missing Teeth can be replaced with Implants or Fixed Bridges
The two most popular methods for replacing one or more missing teeth are fixed bridges and dental implants.

An implant may be the best option to replace a single missing tooth without altering adjacent natural teeth. Implants also restore confidence and function by making dentures more secure and comfortable. Whatever the need, dental implants are modern solutions that allow you to eat, speak and smile with confidence.

Eliminate Black Fillings
Stained, chipped, or discolored teeth appear unattractive and unhealthy. Colored fillings blend almost perfectly with your teeth and are often indistinguishable from natural teeth! Plus, the space age filling material makes your teeth stronger, look natural and be more attractive.

Closing the gap (Diastemas) between teeth
The options vary from braces to full cover crowns (caps on the teeth), with the most common being Porcelain veneers (a thin piece of porcelain place on the front and sometimes side and biting surface of the teeth). Since braces treatment is long drawn out, people tend to avoid it. The veneers and/or crowns will get the results fast.