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Digital smile design

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What is digital smile design?

Are you interested in shiny, beautiful new teeth?

With the innovative DIGITAL SMILE DESIGN (DSD) We can show you in advance, via HD video, what your smile will look like later on! To do this, we’ll create a „mould of your teeth“ in our dental laboratory so that you can have a „trial run“ with your future teeth before treatment even begins.

"With DSD, we can design a stunning smile and perform highly aesthetic treatments more predictably"

Dr. Jakob Müller, MSc., Founding partner ZurichDental 

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Why digital smile design

There are now a number of methods for visualising dental changes digitally. However, until now, the preliminary visualisation has usually been limited to the patient’s teeth, and the patient’s face has not been included in the image.

The revolutionary Digital Smile Design concept now allows us to show every dental correction directly on the patient's face in advance. So you can use the Effect of your new teeth on your entire face and really judge your charisma.

In the case of major treatments of many teeth, such as a smile makeover, the result is visible to the patient before the start of the treatment and can be tried out before real treatment costs are incurred. 

How does digital smile design work?

Digital smile design
Step 1: We scan

First, digital photos of your face and a digital laser scan of your teeth are taken.

Digital smile design
Step 2: We digitize

In the next step, their digitised facial measurements are linked together for treatment planning.

Digital smile design
Step 3: We plan

We plan your ideal smile based on the data collected and the proportions of your face.

Digital smile design
Step 4: You test

You can try out your new smile makeover and see the effect of your new smile live on the screen.

Digital smile design
Step 5: We design

Based on the smile design you have approved, we now plan your new teeth and implement the ideal design exactly as you wish.

DSD - Digital Smile Design

"Everything starts with your smile"

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1. We listen

We want to get to know the real you first. That is why we take the time to listen to you to find out what the real core of your personality is and what impression you would like to make on others. 

To do this, we work closely with you to ensure that the smile that we create together with you completely corresponds to your nature.

2. We plan

Using the latest digital equipment and technology, we can present your new smile to you. This is even possible without prior treatment - all we need from you are five photos, a video recording and an intraoral scan (digital impression of your jaw). These are recorded in our practice. 

The images and recordings enable us to create an individual 2D or 3D simulation of your new smile for you. We will make so many adjustments and changes with you until we find the smile that completely satisfies you. 

3. You test

Next, you will test your future smile. This is done with individually made plastic trays, which are temporarily glued to your untreated teeth. This unique step enables you to take a holistic view of the proportions and harmony of teeth and face.

Patients describe this moment as the moment that changed their life: They started laughing from the bottom of their hearts for the first time in a long time!

4. We treat

We won't start the actual treatment until you are completely satisfied with your new smile.

Only now do our experienced dental technicians begin to manufacture the veneers, crowns or bridges discussed. Some patients need implants or orthodontic treatment to get the desired result.

But we assure you: our experienced dentists guarantee you an exceptional end result.

5. They smile

And this is the result:

You smile the way you always wanted and imagined! The smile is the strongest gesture in the world.

It reduces stress, wins people over, makes you feel better - it is and remains the strongest way of communication.

We look forward to accompanying you on your journey to your personal and individual PERFECT SMILE.

Studies on the effect of teeth

In fact, there are now a number of studies examining the effect of a symmetrical smile and straight teeth. Time and again, researchers have arrived at some truly astonishing findings, as you can see from our charts. 

Of course, we're not saying that everyone needs to have perfect teeth. We also really appreciate the wonderful peculiarities of each person. 

However, with the digital planning techniques and new materials available today, we are able to achieve an unprecedented level of precision in creating the perfect smile.

Straight teeth and personality:

Compared to people with crooked teeth, people with straight teeth appear to others ...
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How

With the help of a so-called mock-up - a tooth-colored, extremely thin simulation shell planned on the computer and generated in a 3D printer, also called a "mask for the teeth", which is placed on the existing teeth - we can realistically adjust the new tooth position after correction simulate. 

With this "mask" in place, we create a high-quality HD video of you in our clinics and watch it together. So that we can show the patient photo-realistically in the same session how he will look and work after a correction of his teeth. 
We plan this new smile on the basis of aesthetic baselines, the patient's personal characteristics, such as facial symmetry and lip line, and of course the patient's wishes. 

A new smile created in this way can give the face a completely new dimension and radiance, similar to other aesthetic face corrections. 

Only when you are satisfied do we start implementing the planning.

costs

A DSD planning typically consists of 2 sessions. 

In the first session (approx. 30–60 mins) Photos, a digital scan of all your teeth and, if necessary, X-rays will be taken. Afterwards, a digital simulation of your new smile can be produced, which you will receive as a series of digital photos and videos.

An extensive planning is carried out between the first and the second session based on the diagnostic documents from the first session. Your new smile is planned here and a mock-up is then created using digital technology.

In the second session This mock-up is then fitted onto your own teeth, and a further series of photos and videos is taken. You can view these straight away and see, in an extremely realistic way, the actual impression this new smile will make on other people. You will also receive a precise breakdown of the treatments required to achieve the result, including a detailed breakdown of the costs. (Second appointment = individual planning costs depending on the work involved). 

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