Smile Design

A healthy and aesthetic smile design is actually a kind of integration of the clinical sciences of dentistry with art. Determining the most suitable smile for the patient’s age, skin color, face shape and lip line is to achieve an ideal smile design. Within these plans, we can state the following applications as examples of multidisciplinary applications and the applications required in a holistic smile design are preferred according to the indication within the scope of treatment. These are

• Organizing soft tissues for pink aesthetics and treating them when necessary
• Gingival contour and lip relationship
• Elimination of disorders and crowding, if any, in the jaw arch of the teeth
• Compensation of missing teeth with dental implant applications and putting the missing area back into function
• If needed, application of ceramic laminate or full ceramic crowns, also defined as leaf porcelain
• Nourishment of the surrounding soft tissue with dermal fillers when necessary
• Composite resteriors can be exemplified as such.

They are ceramic structures that are produced very finely by the laboratory on the intraoral measurements taken on the visible surfaces of the teeth, either without abrasion or with minimal abrasions of approximately 0.3-0.7 mm. It is also commonly referred to as leaf porcelain.

Laminate veneers are fixed to the tooth with a special cementation technique. Among the most important advantages;

• It reflects the natural tooth structure in a very ideal way due to its high light absorption feature
• Provides advanced aesthetics due to gum harmony
• Minimal preparation of the enamel is required and in some indications it may not be necessary.
• Resistant to discoloration

First of all, as in all treatment applications, laminate veneer indications should be made by dentists when deemed necessary. First of all, the patient should not have gum problems, bruxism or parafunctional habits such as clenching and grinding habits, traumatic dental bites. If the patient does not have such conditions or if they have been rehabilitated;

• Closing the gaps between the front group teeth
• In the presence of excessive discoloration and in cases where no results can be obtained with teeth whitening
• Teeth that have suffered excessive wear
• Laminate veneer applications are indicated for teeth that are broken or have suffered excessive loss of material.