I'm so used to my smile, I take it for granted. How can your 'Smile Analysis' process help me determine what changes would be most beneficial?
Thorough smile analysis helps uncover hard-to-articulate aspects of your smile and your feelings about it, allowing us to determine which treatments or procedures would be most appropriate for creating change. Typically, analysis involves both emotional questions-- to determine how your smile affects your self-image, your interactions with others, and your relationships; and objective questions-to determine what structural/physical aspects of your smile concern you. You can even try answering these at home before you visit!
To do an emotional smile evaluation, ask yourself the following questions:
How do you feel about your smile? Do you love its appearance? Does it make you feel confident? Or, do you turn away from people while smiling or hide your mouth with your hand while talking? Do you cover your smile with your lips or refrain from letting yourself smile fully in front of others? Do you close your mouth to smile for pictures? Do you hold back your true laugh so that your smile won't show? Are you embarrassed by the condition of your teeth or by the length of time that's passed since you've seen a dentist? Have you ever wished that you had someone else's smile? How would a new, beautiful smile make you feel about yourself and about life? What would you like to change about it in order to make it seem 'beautiful' to you?
To do an objective smile evaluation, stand in front of a mirror using your normal smile. Now, think of something truly funny and give yourself a big, laughing smile. If you're unhappy with your smile or your teeth, you probably don't use that smile very often. But, you could freely use such a contagious, happy smile if you felt confident about it! So ask yourself the following questions:
What color are your teeth-white, yellow, darkened, or badly stained? Are there spaces or missing teeth anywhere? Are any teeth crooked, uneven, or out of alignment? Do they slant one way or the other? Do the biting edges of your upper teeth follow your lips' curvature? Are the edges even with each other, or are some too long or too short? Do the edges of your canine teeth look too long, sharp, or out of line? Do you grind your teeth? Are the edges chipped or worn? Are any teeth too short, fat, small, or large? Does the midline of your two front teeth center with your face and nose? Does your smile show too much gum, thick gums, receding gums, puffy gums, or uneven gums? Do you have silver/mercury fillings in any teeth? Do you have old, unnatural-looking crowns with darkened edges?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, you'll be happy to know that we have answers for you. Read more about our services or contact us today to share your answers with us and obtain our professional evaluation.