The Hollywood smile shows the well-being of its owner and emphasizes stylish clothes and expensive accessories. It will perfectly complement a beautiful figure and mysterious eyes. And if you do without pretentious words, then Hollywood teeth should be healthy, even and white, this result can be obtained with regular visits to the dentist and the installation of corrective plates.
Hollywood smile: what is it?
The term itself appeared after the victorious march of American cinema around the world. Everyone has seen the alluring smiles of movie stars making brilliant careers in Hollywood. In the thirties of the last century, the famous dentist Charles Pincus became famous for the invention of Hollywood laminates - thin plates attached to the teeth using an adhesive material. After all, screen stars should have something that distinguishes them from the average person. And this was the Hollywood smile.
But this method also had its drawbacks. The most important of them is the insufficient strength of such a structure. With slight mechanical pressure, they could simply fall off the teeth, so celebrities could dazzle with their snow-white smiles only when filming their next masterpiece.
Dental science does not stand still, today technology has gone far and a Hollywood smile made in a doctor’s office has only one drawback - a high price. When creating it, modern materials are widely used - veneers and lumineers.
In what cases are veneers and lumineers installed?
The following indications exist for the installation of veneers and lumineers:
- irregular shape and dark shade of enamel;
- noticeable aesthetic defects;
- hypersensitivity of enamel;
- curvature of teeth.
The doctor decides how many veneers or lumineers need to be installed after analyzing how wide the person’s smile is. If it is closed, then it is enough to install four pads on the opening teeth.
Lumineers are successfully used to restore back and front teeth. When using them, you can correct color, shape, reduce sensitivity, and close small aesthetic defects. These plates have different transparency and many shades. If teeth are excessively worn out or have lost their volume, then lumineers will restore their normal appearance. In addition, worn teeth age a person, so installing plates will restore youth.
When correcting with lumineers, there is no need to grind down the teeth, as this is done when restoring with veneers. They are easily removed, leaving the teeth without any damage. Another important advantage is the long warranty: if a record is damaged, it is usually replaced free of charge. The only drawback of lumineers is their cost.
Barriers to perfection
Unfortunately, no matter what advantages veneers and lumineers have, there are cases when installing them is completely contraindicated, or the process of prosthetics needs to be postponed for some time. We are talking about the following problems:
- inflammatory processes in the oral cavity,
- severe tooth decay, large fillings on the outside,
- grinding teeth, which destroys their enamel,
- engaging in dangerous sports,
- presence of bad habits: biting nails, opening bottles with teeth,
- serious anomalies and malocclusions,
- absence of teeth: structures can only be installed on your own teeth,
- too dark spots on the enamel: the plates are thin, so when light is reflected, the spots can be visible through the veneers.
In ancient Japan, there was a custom - before getting married and going to her betrothed’s house, a woman blackened the enamel with a special iron-containing paint. It was believed that the color black is unchangeable, which means that a wife with a smile of a dark shade will be forever faithful and devoted to her husband3.
Hollywood smile with whitening
If a person has beautiful, even teeth that are dark in color, then it is recommended that he visit a doctor and have his teeth whitened using a photo or laser procedure. One visit is enough to become the owner of a Hollywood smile, because such methods lighten the color by three to four tones .
This method can only be used on healthy teeth, without carious pathologies or fluorosis. There should also be no inflammatory processes on the gums. After whitening, all fillings will have to be replaced, as they will be darker in color.
There is also professional oral hygiene, which can be done at the dentist every six months . Many people do not know about this dental service, but it will help you become the owner of Hollywood teeth.
Who is suitable for a Hollywood smile?
Some patients naturally have correct dental occlusion, so correcting misaligned teeth may not be necessary. Anyone can achieve the ideal shape of their teeth.
The duration of obtaining a Hollywood smile depends on the initial condition of the teeth and the treatment performed. The price of a turnkey Hollywood smile can be found out after a consultation. The result will meet your expectations – getting snow-white and healthy teeth is possible!
The Hollywood smile increases the patient's self-confidence. A well-groomed oral cavity reduces the risk of destructive dental diseases.
Dental crowns for a Hollywood smile
Dental crowns to create a Hollywood smile are necessary when teeth are very damaged. The installation of such structures with crooked teeth is quite controversial, since grinding is necessary, and if they are healthy, this is not a very right decision. After all, you can get by with installing braces, which, although expensive and time-consuming to install, will solve the problem completely.
The advantage of using this method is the quick creation of the desired effect. Not only the shape, but also the position of the teeth is corrected. But many patients prefer not to use such aggressive methods by installing braces or aligners.
Can orthodontists create a Hollywood smile?
Yes, because the shape of the bite definitely affects how a person’s smile looks . Anomalies cannot be corrected using only lumineers or crowns. In such cases, you will need the help of an orthodontist who will select and install braces. It is not recommended to install plates on a jaw with an incorrect bite, because such a structure can be easily damaged.
There is also a gummy smile, in which you can see more than 0.2 cm of gum. It can spoil the facial expression, making the mouth too open when smiling. To solve this problem, you can use veneering or gum grafting. In some situations, surgical intervention is required.
Correction of a gummy smile
How to make a Hollywood smile?
Many people are interested in how dentists create a Hollywood smile. Charles Pincus suggested using lumineers to create it. Today, such records are manufactured by the only company located in the USA - Cerinate.
Porcelain is used for their production. Modern technologies used in dentistry have made the Hollywood smile accessible to everyone. The plates are produced super thin, they are similar in size to eye lenses, but unlike them they are highly durable. During the creation process, manufacturers focused on the technologies used in the production of veneers and greatly improved them. Lumineers have many advantages:
- To install lumineers, you do not need to grind down your teeth.
- They only require one visit to the dentist to secure them, and it is not painful at all.
- Lumineers have a long service life.
If veneers need to be changed every ten years, then for lumineers this period is twenty years . Their cost is higher than the price of veneers, but they will last a long time.
How to install lumineers
A Hollywood smile is guaranteed when installing lumineers, and for this you must first eliminate all problems in the mouth with the help of a dental therapist . Then the doctor will make an impression of the front teeth and canines, and plates will be made from it that will ideally fit the teeth. An important stage is the selection of enamel shade according to a special scale.
Using a computer program, you can see in advance what your teeth will look like after installing lumineers. Before the final fixation of the plates, plastic analogues are installed; this helps to identify all design flaws and eliminate them in time. When everything is finally adjusted, porcelain lumineers are attached to special cement with high strength characteristics.
Lumineers and veneers for a Hollywood smile
Installation of veneers and lumineers is an aesthetic dentistry service that helps to acquire a Hollywood smile with the following defects:
- Unattractive shape of teeth;
- Changes in the shade of tooth enamel that cannot be eliminated with classic whitening;
- Chips, cracks, stains from fluorosis on the enamel coating of teeth;
- Tramas and diastemas (interdental spaces);
- Slight crooked teeth.
Most Hollywood stars, politicians and other celebrities became the owners of Hollywood smiles thanks to veneers and lumineers - the thinnest overlays on teeth that reliably mask all the aesthetic defects discussed above. Typically, veneers and lumineers are placed only on teeth that fall within the smile area. Ceramic veneers and lumineers are visually indistinguishable from natural teeth, but naturally - they are made with the correct and beautiful shape, their color is selected taking into account the wishes of the patient.
NOTE: The number of microprostheses required to acquire a Hollywood smile is also determined by how exactly the person smiles. If the smile is restrained and does not lead to the opening of a large number of teeth, 8 veneers will be enough - 4 each for the upper and lower front teeth. For a wide smile, veneers cover all teeth up to the sixth molars.
Just a couple of years ago, when deciding to give themselves a Hollywood smile with veneers or lumineers, patients found it difficult to choose a specific type of microprosthesis. Veneers were cheaper than lumineers, but required grinding of the enamel. Modern veneers made from ceramic do not require tooth preparation - they are no thicker than lumineers and are not inferior to them in strength and aesthetics.
What is the cost of a Hollywood smile in Moscow, which will be created with veneers? The price of the service can be found out after the number of veneers needed for your Hollywood smile is determined, as well as the material and technology for their manufacture.
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Prosthetics for a Hollywood smile
If teeth are destroyed by caries by more than 50% or are missing, prosthetics with crowns or dental bridges can help create a Hollywood smile.
For prosthetics, you can use ceramic crowns - durable, aesthetic, reliable and most importantly - almost indistinguishable from natural teeth. Ceramic crowns can help create a beautiful Hollywood smile for people who are missing front teeth. Sometimes crowns are used to hide crooked teeth, but it is better to choose another method to correct this defect - orthodontic treatment. Why? Yes, because prosthetics will require grinding down healthy teeth, and this procedure cannot be called useful: removing an enamel layer of even a small thickness weakens the tooth and makes it vulnerable to the action of bacteria and negative external factors.
The price for a Hollywood smile in Moscow when using crowns and dental bridges will depend both on the number of prostheses that need to be made for restoration, and on the material for their manufacture.
The cost of a Hollywood smile
A little about how much a Hollywood smile made with lumineers costs. The main determining factor in the price is the number of plates that will be placed on the teeth.
Many dentists follow the principle - the more onlays are installed, the lower the cost per unit.
How much a Hollywood smile costs depends on the location of the procedure. The more reputable the clinic, the more expensive the cost will be. In Moscow, Hollywood teeth will cost more than in the regions. The price range can be large, so before installation it is recommended to study all offers and choose the best option.
Read more about how much it costs to get a Hollywood smile. The average price of one record is about 30,000 rubles and depends on the current exchange rate of the American currency, since they are produced only in the USA. To this cost you need to add:
- treatment of all diseases of the oral cavity and teeth in dentistry;
- removal of tartar and deposits on teeth;
- making impressions with their preliminary removal from the teeth;
- fixation of the plates, which consists of grinding the teeth and gluing the onlays with dental glue.
As a result, one lumineer will require a considerable amount, its size depends on the clinic and location of the procedure and can range from 65 thousand to 80 thousand rubles.
Hollywood smile: what is it, what kind of smile is called Hollywood?
Most often, we use the term “Hollywood smile” simply to refer to someone’s beautiful smile with straight and white teeth. However, in dentistry, this term refers to a smile with certain parameters, namely:
- According to the rule of the golden ratio, if you visually draw lines through the corners of the eyes and lips, then with a Hollywood smile they will be parallel;
- In a Hollywood smile, teeth proportionally decrease in size from the middle to the edges of the dentition.
Also, the Hollywood smile assumes that when laughing, the owner’s upper and lower teeth will open to a large extent, but the corners of the mouth will remain exactly at the level of the line where the teeth meet.
However, we immediately note that a Hollywood smile in dentistry is not always created strictly according to the considered canons: the individual structural features of a person’s teeth, jaw and face must be taken into account. This is the only way to create a truly Hollywood smile, which can become a source of pride and radically transform a person’s appearance for the better!
Look at the before and after photos of a Hollywood smile and you will see that it makes your face look prettier, more social and youthful!
Photos of a Hollywood smile - before and after
How to keep your teeth the Hollywood way
To maintain a beautiful smile you will need special care:
- You need to brush your teeth every day for at least two minutes in the morning and evening.
- Find a suitable toothpaste from your dentist.
- Use dental floss after every meal.
- Change your toothbrush every three months; it is after this period that it becomes bad and unusable.
- Visit the dentist every six months for professional dental cleaning.
You should also avoid bad habits that are harmful to your teeth:
- No smoking.
- Do not chew seeds and, especially, nuts.
- Limit your consumption of sweets.
You need to eat more foods containing calcium. When lumineers are installed, it is necessary to use an irrigator, and when wearing braces, follow all the orthodontist’s recommendations, which include the use of brushes and special restorative toothpastes.
Hollywood smile at home
If your teeth are healthy, but have a dark tint, and visiting a specialist is still too expensive, you can use home remedies for whitening. An excellent and proven option is to use soda . You need to apply it to a swab and wipe each tooth with it for several minutes. This will help mechanically whiten the enamel.
It is also helpful to moisten your toothbrush with hydrogen peroxide . With regular use of three percent peroxide, the result will be noticeable within two months.
It is worth noting another home remedy - lemon . You can wipe your teeth with a swab containing its juice.
There are many tooth whitening pastes on the market, the use of which should be limited to two months, as they have an excessive effect that damages the enamel.
The use of all these methods is in no way comparable to teeth whitening and lumineering, which is done by a professional dentist, where bad results are excluded.
Features of getting a Hollywood smile
In order to get a Hollywood smile, you need to consult a dentist at the Personal Doctor clinic in Moscow. During the examination, the specialist will determine the condition of the teeth and develop an individual treatment plan. During your consultation you will be able to find out the price for a Hollywood smile.
If the aesthetic component is important to the patient, dentists recommend a number of procedures aimed at obtaining a snow-white smile. Each case is unique, so you should take an individual approach to the treatment of teeth and gums. To get a Hollywood smile, you can perform the following procedures:
- Teeth whitening and professional oral hygiene. The natural shade of teeth is gray or yellow, and a Hollywood smile is characterized by snow-white teeth, so these procedures are inevitable.
- Installation of veneers. Ceramic plates will help hide dental defects, namely: irregularities, gaps of various sizes, and irregular shapes.
- Installation of implants or dental bridges. This procedure is necessary to hide serious defects in the oral cavity.
Teeth whitening and professional hygiene can be performed when removing plaque or formed tartar.
An indication for the installation of veneers may be an irregular tooth shape, disruption of its development, thinning of tooth enamel and other destructive changes.
Crowns are installed if the patient's teeth are deformed or have an incorrect alignment that displaces the dentition.
Exercises for a Hollywood smile
In conclusion, here are some tips to help you learn to smile like screen stars. This requires training, because with such a smile all forty facial muscles work. The following exercises are done every day:
- puff out your cheeks and slowly release air through tightly compressed lips;
- tighten your lips, sticking them out a little, and draw “eights” with them in different directions;
- fold your tongue into a “tube”, holding the tip with your lips, hold it in this position for as long as possible;
- smile as wide as possible.
Although the cost of a Hollywood smile is high, by looking at the photos of the people who made it, you can be sure that they look amazing. A Hollywood smile rejuvenates the face and makes it incredibly attractive and happy, and you can spend money on it.
Method 2. Veneers
All aesthetic problems, namely chips, cracks in tooth enamel, stains and darkening, gaps between teeth and crooked teeth are easily solved by veneers. They are pads 0.2–0.5 mm thick, quite durable, they will last a long time, provided that you do not injure them, for example, while doing extreme sports. There are composite ones, which are more economical, and ceramic ones, which are more expensive, but look more natural and more reliable. For composite veneers, a light-curing composite filling material is used, which is applied layer by layer to the surface of the damaged tooth. It is important that the doctor who will install composite veneers has good experience and is a true professional in his field, then the result will be acceptable. If veneering is unsuccessful, the onlays will look very unnatural. The material for ceramic veneers is primarily ceramic, but can also be porcelain or zirconium dioxide. Ceramic veneers are made in a laboratory based on an individual impression of the teeth; the work also requires special skill. Before you decide to have the procedure, find a professional. It is possible to install veneers on all front teeth, thanks to grinding, although this is usually considered a disadvantage of the method, to give the desired shape and hide the curvatures even without the help of a braces system. Issue price
: From 20,000 rub.
for one tooth. Professional opinion
: “The advantage of the direct method of making veneers using a composite is that for its installation fewer layers of dental tissue are removed, more gentle preparation is carried out through etching,” explains Oleg Yanushevich. — The result depends on the professionalism of the doctor—the vision of color, the use of material and dye. Experienced doctors choose veneers made in dental laboratories. Then they turn out beautiful, but they also cost more. Those who can afford it get an aesthetically more beautiful result.”
