DSD ( Digital Smile Design)

What Is Digital Smile Design? It is a treatment planning protocol that allows for careful analysis of the patient’s facial and dental structures through state-of-the-art videography and digital technology. Today, the DSD Concept is considered the most modern, patient-centred design approach available. This allows a dental provider to take digital planning to the next level as well as enhances predictability and communication between the dentist and patients.

• Smile Makeover:

A smile makeover is a combination of cosmetic and restorative dental procedures that are used to correct dental imperfections and enhance the overall appearance of the teeth and smile. An evaluation of the alignment, symmetry, condition, size, shape, and shade of each tooth, along with a discussion of the patient’s goals, provides the dentist with the information he needs to develop a custom smile makeover treatment plan. this ties together with DSD using facially driven 3D software planning. Options here can include: 

• Veneers:

With the ability to correct a wide number of common tooth imperfections simultaneously, porcelain veneers are one of our most popular cosmetic dentistry options. Porcelain veneers can conceal the appearance of chips, cracks, gaps, spaces, stains, discoloration, and even mild tooth misalignment. These thin, durable, 3D custom-made porcelain shells are affixed to the front surface of the tooth for natural-looking, long-lasting results. Designer Smiles works with a high-quality in house digital lab to create veneers with an optimal fit and superior aesthetics to give you the smile you have been dreaming of.

• Crowns:

A severely damaged or decayed tooth may create cosmetic imperfections, become a source of sensitivity, or lead to significant pain. Crowns are designed to reinforce and restore the structural integrity of a tooth, while preserving as much of the natural tooth structure as possible. With this procedure, the Designer Smiles team can often prevent the need for a tooth extraction. When a root canal is necessary to improve the health of the tooth, a porcelain crown can be used to strengthen the tooth structure, while also rejuvenating its appearance. A porcelain crown may be the ideal solution for patients who seek to restore both the function and aesthetics of a damaged or decayed tooth.

• Lite Dentistry

Lite Dentistry is an affordable way to create a beautiful smile makeover package delivered in less time and with a light touch. If the way your teeth look makes you feel unhappy Lite Dentistry is a new smile makeover option that is: Affordable, straightforward and quick. It is the technique of using injectable filling material that bonds to the surface of your tooth in no time, this option usually gives almost the same results as porcelain veneers at an affordable price.

• Laser Whitening:

Over time, teeth can become stained or discoloured by certain foods and beverages, tobacco products, or simply the natural aging process. Brightening the shade of your teeth can be one of the fastest ways to significantly improve the appearance of your smile and boost your confidence. Here at Designer Smiles we offer the latest laser teeth whitening which can lighten the colour of your teeth up to three to six shades with just one in-chair  treatment. Laser teeth whitening offers a comfortable and  professional-strength bleaching with results you can see immediately.

• Gum Lift and Contouring:

Are you conscious of your gummy smile? A gum lift or gum contouring procedure involves removing excess gum tissue by shaping and contouring what a patient might refer to as the gummy section of their smile, at Designer Smiles this is done using guided digital state of the art techniques.

A gum lift is a cosmetic dentistry technique used by Designer Smiles to reshape the gums, lengthen the appearance of the teeth, and help you renew your smile giving you a youthful and flashy smile you never knew you had. The procedure is usually painless and recovery time is essentially zero.

• Orthodontics

• INVISALIGN® 

A smile can change everything

Your confidence. Your outlook. Your life. And with Invisalign, achieving the smile you always dreamed of doesn’t have to be a big deal. In fact, it barely has to impact your day-to-day life at all.

Invisalign straightens teeth using a series of nearly invisible, removable aligners that are custom-made specifically for your teeth. As you replace each aligner every two weeks, your teeth will move – little by little, week by week, gradually moving towards the projected final position.  

Comfortable, clear and removable – Invisalign transforms your smile without disrupting your life. Something that over 3 million people worldwide have already discovered.

Invisalign® treats a range of straightening issues, ranging from minor tooth movements to more complex cases. Whatever the issue, the result is a new, more even smile that you will want everyone to see.   

Here are some of the straightening issues that can be treated with Invisalign:

Overcrowded teeth occur when there is a lack of room within your jaw for all of your teeth to fit normally.

Widely spaced teeth occur when you have extra space within your jaw.

Cross bites occur when the upper and lower jaws are both misaligned. It usually causes one or more upper teeth to bite on the inside of the lower teeth, and can happen on both the front and/or the sides of the mouth.

Deep bites occur when the upper teeth overlap significantly with the lower teeth.

Under bites occur when the lower teeth protrude past the front teeth, usually caused by undergrowth of the upper jaw, overgrowth of the lower jaw, or both.

• Conventional Braces:

Dental braces are devices used in orthodontics that align and straighten teeth and help position them with regard to a person’s bite, while also aiming to improve dental health. They are often used to correct underbites, as well as malocclusions, overbites, open bites, gaps, deep bites, cross bites, crooked teeth, and various other flaws of the teeth and jaw. Braces can be either cosmetic or structural. Dental braces are often used in conjunction with other orthodontic appliances to help widen the palate or jaws and to otherwise assist in shaping the teeth and jaws.

• Orthologics:

Orthlogics is a concept of orthopaedontics that is ideally started at the ages of 8 to 10  as a form of preventative treatment for orthodontic problems. intercepting these problems early improves jaw development and facial growth at the correct proportions, not to mention an immense satisfaction at the end result. However patients are not limited to their age for this treatment.

The excellent results of this mainly extraction free, surgery free approach accomplished with fixed appliances is the benchmark of the system and currently the fastest growing discipline in prevention dentistry. Don’t waste any more time, start your journey now!

• Implant Dentistry

• If you have missing teeth, traditional dentures are not your only option. In fact, a much more natural-looking and feeling dental procedure can replace missing teeth for a better aesthetic and improved chewing and speaking – and the best part is, it’s permanent.
• A dental implant itself can be either a titanium or ceramic screw that is placed directly into your jawbone, replacing your missing tooth root. After it’s fitted, the bone surrounding your implant will gradually fuse to it, holding the implant firmly in place. A screw retained crown is then fitted to the top of the implant. The implant crown/s are similar in shape, size and colour to your existing teeth, meaning your implant will blend in naturally with your smile. A dental implant is a long-term, permanent, discreet solution for replacing missing or failing teeth. Having missing teeth can impact the way you eat and speak, which can knock your confidence.

• Implants are a long-lasting, fixed solution and can last as long as your natural teeth as long as they’re cared for properly. One of the reasons people choose implants is that they are a permanent option compared to dentures and bridges. Because they are a fixed solution, you don’t need to worry about removing them for daily functioning, and there’s no risk of them falling out when you talk or laugh.

• When you lose a tooth, the jawbone beneath it shrinks as it’s no longer stimulated by the tooth. Over time this can change the shape of your face, causing shrinkage thereby causing you to look older than you really are. Dental implants, like natural teeth, stimulate the jaw and prevent bone loss and ultimately give you a fuller look.

Here at Designer Smiles Inc. we offer the following treatments regarding implant treatment:

• Titanium and/or ceramic implants
• Immediate loading – Teeth in a day (this would depend on the type of case presented)
• Guided implant dentistry: ths uses state of the art digital planning ensuring the case is pe planned with no room for mistakes, this is done using a guided stent

• Type of implant restoration:

-Single: replacing a single tooth with a single implant

-Multiple teeth: many implants placed strategically to ensure proper function and aesthetics.

-Implant dentures, Fixed dentures, Over dentures: Implants placed in a jaw with no teeth with a denture fitted over ensuring more anchorage as compared to a conventional denture, can be removable or fixed.

• Ceramic Implants

Ceramic dental implants are usually regarded as part of a more holistic approach to dentistry due to the stigma of them being ‘metal-free’. However, they also provide an additional option in the treatment spectrum of the general implantology practice and they are one of the biggest innovations in dentistry.

For the replacement of missing teeth, ceramic dental implants represent an innovative and modern treatment option in dentistry. An implant is usually a screw that is inserted into the jawbone with a minor surgical procedure and serves as a replacement for the tooth root. After three months of healing time, the implant is firmly attached to the bone (known as ‘osseointegrated’). At this point, a new crown or denture is attached to this artificial tooth root.

Due to increased health awareness among patients a ceramic dental implant is offered at Designer Smiles over the option of titanium implants for those patients who would prefer the metal free approach or for a patient that may be allergic to titanium.