Discoloured or spotted teeth

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Crocked teeth

Teeth should be even and straight. This can be solved by traditional braces or with bonding or porcelain veneers.

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Broad smile

With a broad smile, you can see all backwards teeth in mouth. If the smile is too narrow, a shadowed area is created, that makes the teeth stand out.

Smile Line

The teeth bite-line shall follow the curve of the under lip. To flat smile line, the teeth will have more a worn-out look but a curved smile line makes your smile younger.

The notch between teeth (incisor separation)

The notch between the teeth shall have the shape as a triangle that start with the smallest triangle between the front teeth and increase in size backwards the teeth.

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The golden section

The golden section is the geometrically proportions that exist everywhere around us.

A beautiful smile has the proportions close to the golden section between teeth: 0.6 - 1.0 - 1.6

The size of the front teeth

The width of the front tooth shall be 80% of the length of the front tooth.

The colour shade of the tooth

The tooth looks more natural if it follows following rules.

Upper part of the tooth:
Shall have more yellow shade

Middle part of the tooth:
Less yellow shade and lighter in appearance

Lower part of the tooth
Can be little blue or grey.

The angel of the teeth

The front teeth shall lean down the centre. If you prolong the lines, the lines should cross near the navel.

Smile when resting

When resting it is usual that 2.0-4.0 mm of the front teeth is shown. The distance decreases with time and lower teeth in the lower yaw are more visible.

The contact point of the teeth

The contact points between the teeth are increasing one step above counted from the front teeth.

To big space between the teeth (Diastem)

You can be borne with this or one tooth is missing.

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The gum should be healthy

The gum frames the teeth. Healthy gum is light pink in colour and does not bleed.

The "Horse-smile"

How much of your gum is visible when you are smiling? The ideal is 3 mm above the incisors should be visible. The top of the gum should follow the smile line.

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Symmetry

The most attractive smiles have all an important quality - symmetry.

The human eye can simply perceive if there are any errors in your front teeth size of shape. To make the same length of both front teeth and place them in the middle of the face, will make a perfect smile.

Horizontal correspondence

A smile that is parallel with the eyes is most attractive.

If the eyes are not parallel. An illusion of horizontal correspondence should be made.