By Doctor Isabelle-Sabine Schwartz
The role women play is fundamental: they lead, manage and seduce. Because of this, they favour large teeth and a more ravishing and provocative smile. Men are now more concerned about their image and seek to have whiter and straighter teeth. One of the keys to a dazzling smile is cosmetic dentistry. But what exactly is it?
Matching the shape of the teeth
Matching the shape of the teeth with the contours of the face, the volume of the teeth with the plumpness of the lips, and the colour of the teeth with the whites of the eyes. The face should be seen as a whole: it is no longer enough to have wrinkle-free skin, you must also display a good set of teeth when you smile. Our smile translates our emotions, our personality, and is a reflection of our inner persona. We live in a consumer-driven society where time is of the essence: everything must be immediate, efficiency must be combined with performance. A businessman or woman is required to have a strong-willed, assertive and determined personality.
An indicator of an individual’s personality
The size and shape of the incisors are an indicator of an individual’s personality, strength and femininity. As for the canines, in morpho-psychological terms they represent strength and aggressiveness. The role of a dental surgeon specialising in cosmetic dentistry is to alter these different teeth in order to increase or reduce the patient’s expression of femininity, gentleness, shyness, aggressiveness or sensuality. Thanks to cosmetic dentistry, we can transform the face, change the expression by making the teeth squarer or more rounded. Squarer teeth are synonymous with masculinity, whereas rounder teeth represent femininity and larger teeth are seen as more sensual. The size of the teeth is very important: the length of the maxillary central incisor should be proportional to the length of the face and the width of the base of the nose. The larger this tooth is, the higher the notion of power. To increase the size of a tooth, we often use gingivoplasty, a type of surgery that is used to reshape the height and contours of the gums. We can thus completely change a person’s smile, which is a central element of a new expression, a new personality.
A smile that unveils a set of straight, white teeth really lights up the face and the expression. Thanks to cosmetic dentistry, we can create a new set of teeth using ceramic veneers and crowns. These materials enable us to achieve a top-quality aesthetic result, guaranteeing a more natural look. We can thus restore worn, yellowing, cracked, broken and crooked teeth using these new, latest-generation, completely ceramic veneers and crowns.
In today’s society, being a success means being healthy, dazzling, young and dynamic. How better to summarise all of these qualities than by displaying a sensual smile made up of shiny, straight, sparking white teeth?
Doctor Isabelle-Sabine Schwartz
Dental surgeon, former assistant at the Universities (Paris 7); Certificate of Specialist Studies in Anthropology; thesis “De la beauté du visage, de la beauté de la denture” (Beauty of the face, beauty of the teeth); trained in periodontology; diploma in Surgical and Prosthetic Implantology; university certificate in psychodontology; former expert for the Paris Court of Appeals.
