A winning first impression starts with a smile. However, when you aren’t in love with your smile due to less than perfect teeth shape, it’s difficult to feel confident. Issues with your teeth can make you seem timid, sad, and withdrawn. This can have a significant impact on your psychological and emotional health.
Thankfully, cosmetic dentistry allows patients to get the perfect smile through several methods. If you have cracked, discoloured, or chipped teeth, restorative dentistry can help you achieve your perfect teeth shape.
Anatomy of a Smile
The perfect smile can be achieved by following a simple set of rules. The anatomy of a great smile follows certain aesthetic design principles to balance your face, gums, lips, and teeth.
Your lips create the frame around your smile. In a perfect smile, your lips extend, lifting your cheek muscles and exposing your teeth. Your upper teeth should fill nearly all of the space created by your lips in a full smile. When the upper teeth are 75-100% of teeth exposed during a smile, you have the perfect teeth shape.
Bright white, straight, and evenly spaced teeth make for an attractive smile. You might be surprised to learn that long teeth are associated with a younger-looking smile. This is because time wears down teeth as you age, producing shorter teeth.
Improve Your Smile With Orthodontics
Orthodontics is a branch of dental treatment used to change the way your teeth align in your mouth. Orthodontic treatments can straighten your teeth or close gaps between them. This can improve your smile and address bite issues.
Orthodontic treatments do not change the shape of your teeth, only where your teeth are in your mouth. If you have chipped or discoloured teeth affecting your smile, orthodontic treatments alone will not give you a perfect smile.
Get the Perfect Teeth Shape With Dental Crowns
A dental crown is an artificial cap that covers your tooth to improve its look and function. They are used to protect damaged and fragile teeth from further harm. Dental crowns are a great way to enhance your smile and get the perfect teeth shape.
Dental crowns can be made from metal, porcelain, or ceramic. Ceramic crowns mimic the colour and texture of your real teeth, giving you a natural-looking smile. A minor procedure is required to place a dental crown.
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How to Make a Custom Dental Crown?
The process of getting a perfectly shaped dental crown starts in your dentist’s chair. They give you a thorough examination and take images of your mouth and the tooth or teeth you are covering with dental crowns. These digital images are used to create a 3-D model of your new digital tooth that fits perfectly into your mouth.
This customised approach produces a perfectly shaped exterior crown for your tooth. Using the digital images of your mouth, the dental crown technician can make any adjustments to correct imbalances present in your natural tooth.
If your dentist offers same-day custom dental crowns, also known as CEREC crowns, they’ll start working on your new crown right away on a specialised machine in their practice. Otherwise, a traditional crown will need to be sent to your dentist from a manufacturer, which usually requires a couple of weeks of waiting before delivery. At No Gaps Dental, we offer CEREC same-day crown placement at several of our locations.
Once the dental crown is ready, your dentist will polish it and fit it inside your mouth. If your tooth has any damage, the dentist will fill cavities before placing the crown to protect it from decay.
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Dental Crowns Fix Crooked Teeth
In addition to fixing cracked, damaged, or disproportionate teeth, dental crowns can correct crooked teeth. It’s a great option if you have just one tooth that’s out of place. Since a dental crown is just a thin ceramic shell placed over your natural teeth, you’ll get results much faster than with traditional orthodontic treatment.
The process is the same as getting a dental crown to fix a damaged or crooked tooth. For patients with particularly crooked or crowded teeth, the dentist may need to spend extra time preparing your natural tooth to fit the crown appropriately, such as filing it down.
Dental Implants Offer an Alternative
Patients with missing teeth aren’t eligible to get a standard dental crown since the dental crown must attach to something. For these patients, dental implants offer an alternative to get the full, perfect smile they desire.
A dental implant consists of three parts. The dental implant is a small, biocompatible post placed directly into the jawbone during a surgical procedure. This acts as an artificial tooth root that fuses to your jawbone. The second part of a dental implant is the abutment. This is a small connector placed just above the gum line. Your dentist will use the abutment to anchor the dental crown that becomes your permanent tooth.
If you have severely damaged or infected teeth, dental implants may be a better option than placing dental crowns over your natural tooth. Your dentist can discuss which option is best for you.
You should also consider that the process of getting a dental implant takes longer than getting a dental crown. Your jaw needs time to heal and fuse with the implant before placing the permanent teeth. The amount of time required will vary between patients but can take up to six months.
Once your jaw is healed, your dentist will place a dental crown which becomes your new artificial tooth. In the end, you’ll have a natural-looking tooth that perfectly matches your smile and fills any previous gaps.
Your Perfect Smile Awaits
You don’t have to be unhappy with the shape, colour or alignment of your teeth. The friendly staff at No Gaps Dental are here to address your concerns and help you achieve the smile of your dreams. Call No Gaps Dental at (02) 8806 0227 to book a consultation today.
Note: Any surgical or invasive procedure carries risks.