Edit Telling the truth About Your Smile

<p>He explains:</p> <p>“<em>It’s always been thought that the two front teeth look good being a little more dominant with a step in length between these and the next two. It creates a ‘smile curve’ and it’s a highly aesthetic, natural, feminine, youthful appearance. However, if your selfies are taken too close it can be distorted and exaggerate the size of the two front teeth. </em></p> <p><em>We will take some undistorted photos to see what’s really going on before diving into treatment but selfies have caused an increase in demand for a reduction in this natural dominance of the front two teeth. If someone has very mild crowding of the front teeth this can also make the teeth look really wonky in a distorted selfie. In this instance however, we don’t recommend waiting for things to get worse. </em></p> <p><em>Teeth move throughout life and mild crowding always worsens, often causing uneven wear and gum health problems that can be expensive to sort out later. So we do recommend the early intervention to straighten and then retain crowded teeth to improve aesthetics and avoid long-term problems.</em>”</p> <p>“<em>Another issue raised by many is that they feel the smile looks too gummy in selfies. If this is a genuine problem, rather than just a distorted photo, I tend to look at the pink-to-white ratio –the pink can be exaggerated in a selfie. Possible solutions, depending on the size and shape of the teeth can include gum lifts and gum contouring.</em>”</p>

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