Sitting in that dentist chair staring at your new smile, and all with no drills, injections or pain. This is the magic of Digital Smile Design (DSD) and now budding change in aesthetic dentistry technology.
Since it does not only include a dentist’s hand, but also your face shape, your personality, your emotions, everything is taken into consideration within the very existence of the smile: “the true identity”.
What is Digital Smile Design?
Digital Smile Design (DSD) is a digital-imaging-based process with high precision virtual modeling of your smile; this occurs from high-resolution photos, 3D scanning, and proprietary digital software.
Rather, in the old methods of planning dental treatment, casts and sketches were used mainly; the digital DSD includes the whole face structure with emotions and the dynamics of smile in this treatment plan. You can also see what your new smile will look like before treatment even starts!
The Digital Smile Design Process: step by step
Initial Consultation and Facial Imaging
First, it focuses on capturing facial photographs and videos that include your entire face, smile, teeth, lips, and even speech patterns. The doctor wants to form a balanced idea of your facial structure.
3D Scanning
The next step is much faster and simple intraoral 3D scanning that digitally mapped the entire teeth and gums without the messy plaster molds. Everything is accurate and high-tech so that there isn’t a doubt about it.
Designing Your Smile
Now, the digital software creates your smile according to face shape and customized to exactly what you want. You get to sit down with the doctor in making suggestions on the shape, size, color, and alignment of your teeth.
Instant Smile Preview
It’s just a matter of minutes before you can see a digital avatar of you with a new smile on the screen-computer-based- video and 3D model. You can observe how that smile appears in action through verbalizing, smile, or laughing.
Ready Treatment Plan
Then the doctor finishes with a program of personalized treatment to follow together with any veneers, bridges, crowns, braces, or systems of teeth whitening after your design approval.
What does Digital Smile Design make it distinct?
A totally individual smile DSD understands that the design for every smile would be different since everyone’s face is varied. So it bases that individual’s smile on works with his or her personality as well as on his or her face.
Confidence and openness
You have results in advance of treatments; this gives a boost in trust and transparency between doctor and patient.
Peace and confidence
Treatment fear diminishes because of an established outcome and, therefore, improved self-confidence.
It is much easier for a doctor to execute.
Less error and faster treatments can be accomplished because there is digital data for the dentist and technician to work in the same direction.
Integrates with the latest technologies
DSD has been blended with state-of-the-art technologies, including 3D printing, CAD-CAM technology, and laser dentistry.
Who gets to benefit from Digital Smile Design?
- People who require that confidence smile makeover
- Individuals with often different shapes and hues or misplace their teeth
- Individuals going for veneers, crowns, or whitening
- Individual who gets afraid of visiting dentists
- Those who take innovative and personalized care in dentistry
What makes DSD even stronger?
- 3D printing: Translates your design into an exact physical model.
- CAD-CAM milling: Manufacturer of veneers and crowns without flaws.
- Facial motion capture: Controls all facial expressions and movements.
- Virtual reality (VR): Some clinics even have a 3D preview through virtual intrusions.
What to do with your new smile after treatment?
- Brush and floss every day.
- Make sure you visit your dentist every six months.
- Don’t eat hard foods or pen with your teeth, or bite your nails.
Maybe think about getting a night guard. If you have a habit of grinding your teeth, you should have one for the night time. It’s the new world of smiles brought to you through Digital Smile Design.
CONCLUSION
Digital Smile Design is not technology specific to dentistry but a new definition of trust, beauty, and confidence. This is for anyone who wants to live looking and feeling better: without guessing, without risk, and with total clarity.
Transform that smile, therefore, from a good now into a great smile. A great smile is beautiful as well as your identity.
