Smile Esthetics – A Literature Review

Abstract

Esthetic dental treatment involves artistic and subjective components design to create the illusion of beauty. An organised systematic approach is required to evaluate, diagnose and resolve esthetic problems predictably. Our ultimate goal is to achieve pleasing composition in the smile by creating an arrangement of various esthetic elements. One of the most important tasks in esthetic dentistry is creating harmonious proportions between the widths of maxillary anterior teeth when restoring or replacing these teeth This review article describes application of the Golden Proportion and Red Proportion in dentistry also the smile design for completely edentulous and for full mouth rehabilitation. Also the future scope for designing smile .