Dental Makeover

00:00:03.667 --> 00:00:06.958 A smile makeover is actually an overused term 00:00:07.042 --> 00:00:10.458 and commercialized term in the media and everything. 00:00:10.542 --> 00:00:12.167 A smile makeover basically means 00:00:12.250 --> 00:00:16.542 it's a transformation of somebody's smile from the pre-existing condition. 00:00:16.625 --> 00:00:21.167 It could involve use of as simple as bonding, whitening, 00:00:21.500 --> 00:00:25.417 veneers, crowns, or full mouth reconstruction. 00:00:25.500 --> 00:00:28.417 Almost anybody who desires to improve their smile is a candidate. 00:00:28.500 --> 00:00:32.167 Some people may be desiring just to improve the color of their teeth, 00:00:32.500 --> 00:00:34.083 that itself is a smile makeover. 00:00:34.292 --> 00:00:38.542 But the most common example people usually look for in a smile makeover, 00:00:38.625 --> 00:00:42.125 somebody with really worn down, broken down teeth, 00:00:42.277 --> 00:00:44.560 and now being able to save the teeth 00:00:44.625 --> 00:00:47.333 by adding veneers, crowns, and building up the teeth. 00:00:47.458 --> 00:00:49.292 I look at the patient's smile 00:00:49.504 --> 00:00:52.042 beginning from their anatomy and physiology 00:00:52.125 --> 00:00:54.125 and what exactly needs to be done. 00:00:54.250 --> 00:00:58.667 Many times people ignore the importance of the gums. 00:00:59.125 --> 00:01:00.917 Many times gum contouring is needed. 00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:03.208 Once we establish a proper diagnosis, 00:01:03.417 --> 00:01:07.292 then we build a blueprint, a template, digitally. 00:01:07.375 --> 00:01:12.000 From that digital smile, we basically work our way backwards 00:01:12.417 --> 00:01:15.875 into entering back the patient's mouth and teeth. 00:01:16.042 --> 00:01:19.583 If somebody doesn't do anything, the badly broken down teeth or whatever 00:01:20.167 --> 00:01:22.875 the patient might lose all their teeth and end up with dentures. 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:25.083 But if somebody has old crowns, 00:01:25.160 --> 00:01:29.800 old bonding, it's like the good way to look at this is an overhaul, 00:01:29.875 --> 00:01:32.042 overhauling your entire mouth, 00:01:32.125 --> 00:01:33.792 it's like you're redoing your entire kitchen.