Smile Design

Serving Fresno, Reedley and surrounding areas

Advanced Smile Designs are the key to creating beautiful and personalized smile makeovers. The time-proven principles of Smile Design, which are based on the shape, proportions, color and contour of your teeth as well as the surrounding features of your face, allow our cosmetic dentists to put their technical skills and artistry to work to create an aesthetically pleasing smile that conveys the image you'd like to project.

Most smile designs fall into one of three categories: sexy, sophisticated or sporty. Using the jump links below, you will find a brief explanation of each category and the factors that influence how your smile design will be created based on your personal preferences and facial attributes.

• Sexy Smile
• Sophisticated Smiles
• Sporty Smiles
• Factors that Influence Smile Design

Sexy Smiles

Since teeth have a tendency to wear down over time and create a straight line, we tend to associate variations in tooth length with being youthful, bold, sexy and warm - especially if the central incisors (top center front teeth) are longer than the surrounding teeth.

This type of smile design does draw attention to the center of the face, emphasizing the nose, chin and lips. A sexy smile usually looks the best on faces with relatively symmetrical features and prominent lips.

Sophisticated Smiles

Teeth in a sophisticated smile are the same length and create a horizontal line. This type of smile design is associated with sophistication because the teeth naturally wear down and create a straight line with age. These types of smiles convey intelligence, maturity and wisdom and tend to accentuate the width of the lower face.

Sporty Smiles

A sporty smile is a cross between a sexy and sophisticated smile. The horizontal lines of the teeth are generally straight across, but the central incisors will be slightly longer. This type of smile design conveys warmth, casualness and informality.

Factors that Influence Smile Design

There are three main factors that influence the smile designs of our patients in the Fresno, Visalia and Reedley area: facial shape, image aspirations and age (or the age you'd like to appear).

• Facial shape: For example, you can add width to a longer face by selecting a sophisticated smile design, or you can draw attention to attractive features of your face if you choose a sexy smile design.
• Image aspirations: If you want to convey a particular attribute, like intelligence, a sophisticated smile design may be the right choice.
• Age: If you'd like to appear younger, a sexy smile design may work the best for you. You may also want whiter teeth to accentuate youthfulness, which can be achieved through porcelain veneers or tooth whitening.

To learn more about how porcelain veneers are used to create the smile makeover of your dreams, please visit our porcelain veneers or Smile Makeover FAQ page. Or, you can contact us to discuss all of our aesthetic and restorative cosmetic dentistry services and schedule a complimentary consultation with us.

We look forward to providing you with a beautiful smile!