The smile design is the smile that the patient imagines and wants to see when they look in the mirror. It is applied to the patient in a healthy and natural way by taking the surrounding tissues into consideration such as face shape, skin color, lips, teeth and gums.
Smile design is the application of a combination of medicine and art to renew the ideal personalized smile. The physician performs some calculations, by recording a number of criteria such as, face shape, skin color, and lip shape when the patient laughs. Records of dental forms; the length of the tooth and the alignment of teeth of the patient, are determined beforehand and some trials are performed in the laboratory, (the choice of tooth color, model work, aesthetic design, gum aesthetics), which are done specifically to fit the physical characteristics and desires of the patient.
A real artistic work occurs as a result of this type of work, and the person’s smile becomes unique. The most important assistant of the doctor in these studies is digital planning. With the help of digital planning, all the records of the patient are transferred to the computer. Dental laminates are the most used tool in this application.
