Smile Design Rules
Below are a few of the most important rules we use to design your perfect smile:
Ideally the teeth should be aligned to the horizontal or eye-line.
Symmetry around the centre line of your face is ideal. This is of great importance in producing a great smile. However it cannot always be achieved, but every effort will be made to give the illusion of symmetry.
The smile line joins the tips of your teeth. It should mimic the curve of your lower lip; this gives a more youthful appearance. If the line is flat, this gives a more aged appearance. Women tend to have a more curved smile line than men.
An even gum line should ideally follow the line of the upper lip.
These are the curved corners at the tips of the teeth. These are there to give definition to each individual tooth.
Each tooth should be of certain proportions to give the best length : width ratios.
A normal width smile allows you to see the progression of the teeth from the front to back. If your smile is narrow the teeth towards the back of your mouth cannot be seen.
