Year : 2015

Volume : Volume 5

Issue : Issue 3

Address for correspondence :
Dr. Rohit Mittal
dr_rohitmittal@yahoo.in

Abstract

Background:  Esthetic or cosmetic dentistry has become one of the main areas of dental practice emphasis and growth for several years. New artistic skills have developed with the development of new materials and techniques in dentistry that helps in enhancing the smile of the patient. Timeless human esthetics implies a sense of beauty, a pleasing impulse, naturalness, and a youthful appearance relative to one’s age. The goal for esthetic treatment should be an enhanced but natural appearance that imparts a vibrant and believable appearance to the patient. This should be the goal in dental esthetics: a result that would be considered “bright, beautiful, but believable.” The present paper aims at understanding the esthetic need of the patient and fundamental concepts of smile designing. Keywords: Esthetics, smile designing, golden proportion, artistry.