Contemporary Smile Design: An Orthodontic Perspective

Chung How Kau; Terpsithea Christou; Shubam Sharma

doi:10.1016/j.cden.2022.02.007

Contemporary Smile Design: An Orthodontic Perspective

Dent Clin North Am. 2022 Jul;66(3):459-475. doi: 10.1016/j.cden.2022.02.007. Epub 2022 May 31.

Authors

Chung How Kau¹, Terpsithea Christou², Shubam Sharma²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Alabama Birmingham, Suite 305, 1919 7th Avenue South, Birmingham AL 35294, USA. Electronic address: ckau@uab.edu.
² Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Alabama Birmingham, Suite 305, 1919 7th Avenue South, Birmingham AL 35294, USA.

PMID: 35738739
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2022.02.007

Abstract

Orthodontists play a vital role in the smile design of individuals. There are a variety of orthodontic goals and tooth movements that can be achieved to obtain the ideal smile that ultimately leads to the optimum esthetic outcomes. In this article, some methods and appliance systems to control and achieve the desired tooth movements are described and illustrated.

Keywords: 3D imaging; Orthodontic aligners and customized 3D appliances for orthodontics; Orthodontic appliances; Smile design; Smile esthetics.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Esthetics, Dental*
Humans
Smiling*
Tooth Movement Techniques