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Your Dentist the Artist? You
Better Believe It!
By Judith A.
Sloan
Making sure your dentist
knows what looks good on you
Washington,
DC—Dentists designing “smile
makeovers” are in demand for
more than their technical skill in placing
crowns,
veneers and
implants. Today’s
sophisticated consumers are aiming for natural-looking teeth.
They want a dentist with good taste as well as good hands.
Enter the dentist as artist.
Dentists achieving acclaim for being at the forefront of
providing wonderful smiles get it when it comes to making
people—not just smiles—more beautiful.
“It should look like you were born with those teeth,” says
Dr. Daniel J. Deutsch,
at the
Washington Center for Dentistry, in Washington,
DC. “Creating a new smile that is
right for every patient means that you look at the person’s age,
the shape of the face and lips, the color of the skin, even the
body type.” And since everyone’s natural teeth are not perfect,
he adds small “features” in his smiles that normally show up in
teeth we grow up with. He might place one tooth at a slightly
different angle, or on a slightly different plane. He might
create a slight overlap here, a brighter shade there—to give a
new smile that authentic, lived-in look.
Dr. Deutsch credits a focus on physical features as a key
ingredient in performing hundreds of successful smile makeovers.
“Patients with a longer face look better with teeth that are
wider, not long and narrow, and open edges between teeth create
a more youthful look,” says
Dr. Deutsch. “Patients
should seek out dentists who are aware of these esthetic
components of smiles—to get the best possible result.”
So, how do dental consumers find the dentist who possesses
artistic skill as well as technical ability? One way, is to find
a dentist with photos of his or her original work. The photos of
actual patients can provide a feel for how well a dentist’s
taste agrees with a patient’s preferences. And, of course,
patients should listen carefully to how the dentist plan to
incorporate age, gender and physical features into his smile
design.
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