See Your Smile from a Different Perspective
Digital Smile Design in Perth brings together photography, digital scanning and treatment planning to help you better understand your smile before treatment begins.
At West Perth Dental Centre, our dentists can use digital records to assess your teeth, bite and smile, discuss suitable treatment options and show you a visual guide of proposed changes where appropriate.
Every treatment plan is based on your individual oral health, needs and goals.
What Is Digital Smile Design?
Digital Smile Design is a planning and communication process that uses photographs, digital scans and smile-design software to help your dentist study your smile in more detail.
Rather than looking at one tooth on its own, your dentist can consider how your teeth relate to your smile, bite and facial features.
Where appropriate, a digital preview may also be created to help you understand how proposed changes could look before deciding whether to proceed with treatment.
The preview is a planning guide rather than a guarantee of the final result, as your actual treatment outcome depends on your teeth, gums, bite, treatment choice and other individual factors.
How Digital Smile Planning Works
Digital dentistry brings each stage of your treatment together — from detailed scans and careful planning through to creation and final clinical checks.
Capture Your Smile
We begin by taking the digital records needed for your treatment planning. Depending on your needs, this may include photographs and a digital scan of your teeth and bite.
Review & Plan
Your dentist reviews your teeth, bite and other clinical information alongside your treatment goals. Digital planning tools can then be used to explore suitable options.
Visualise the Possibilities
For selected treatments, a digital preview, virtual wax-up or mock-up may help illustrate possible changes to your smile, giving you the opportunity to discuss the proposed design and provide feedback.
Decide on the Next Step
Your dentist will explain suitable treatment options, including the relevant benefits, limitations, risks and alternatives, so you can decide whether you would like to move forward.
More Than a Smile Preview
Digital scans, photographs and planning tools can help your dentist look at your smile as a whole, explain what they are assessing and show how selected treatment options may fit together.
Where appropriate, a digital preview may also be created to help illustrate proposed changes. This can give you an opportunity to ask questions, provide feedback and better understand the treatment being discussed.
Digital Smile Design may support planning for treatments such as:
- Veneers
- Crowns
- Clear aligner treatment
- Restorative dental care
- Worn or damaged teeth
- More complex smile rehabilitation
It does not mean that cosmetic treatment is automatically required. In some cases, digital records are simply used to help explain your current dental condition and discuss suitable options.
A Guide, Not a Guarantee
A digital preview is designed to support planning and communication. It is not an exact prediction of your final result.
Your outcome can be influenced by your existing teeth and gums, bite, treatment choice, materials used and other individual clinical factors.
Your dentist will explain what can reasonably be expected before treatment begins.
Start With a Conversation About Your Smile
Digital scanning and planning can help you better understand your smile and explore suitable treatment options with your dentist.
Digital Technology Supporting Your Care
Digital technology helps us capture detailed information and bring different parts of your treatment planning together.
Depending on your needs, this may include digital scanning, clinical photography, digital planning and additional 3D imaging where clinically appropriate.
Digital Scanning
An intraoral scanner captures a detailed digital model of your teeth and bite using a small handheld device. For many patients, this can provide an alternative to traditional impression materials while allowing the dentist to review the scan directly on screen.
Clinical Photography
Photographs can help record your smile from different angles and provide useful information for treatment planning and discussion.
Digital Planning
Your dentist can use your scans, photographs and other records together to assess suitable options and plan selected treatments in more detail.
3D Imaging
Where clinically indicated, additional 3D scans and imaging may be used to better understand the teeth, jaw and surrounding structures.
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