{"id":144,"date":"2010-10-27T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/dental-advice\/smile-makeover-tips-from-an-edinburgh-dentist\/"},"modified":"2019-06-14T12:57:59","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T11:57:59","slug":"smile-makeover-tips-from-an-edinburgh-dentist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/smile-makeover-tips-from-an-edinburgh-dentist\/","title":{"rendered":"Smile Makeover Tips From An Edinburgh Dentist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;\">A<\/span> smile makeover can mean many things to many people from changing just a single tooth to changing them all.\u00a0 Most patients that come to see me have an idea in their head of what they wish. I am often asked for a specific treatment for example <a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/teeth-whitening\/\">Teeth Whitening<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/inman-aligner\/\">Inman Aligner<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/six-month-smiles\/\">6 Month Smiles<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/porcelain-dental-veneers\/\">Porcelain veneers<\/a>.\u00a0 These requests are \u00a0very often the result of hours of web based research. As a dentist\u00a0 I am always pleased to find that my patients already know\u00a0 a lot about the treatments that they are looking for as this is a great way to move towards a situation where you can make a really well informed choice of the right treatment for your mouth.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_I1__yvvJmWk\/TMdITsn-7YI\/AAAAAAAAAEo\/ffe9EtExd1U\/s1600\/mirror_teeth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_I1__yvvJmWk\/TMdITsn-7YI\/AAAAAAAAAEo\/ffe9EtExd1U\/s200\/mirror_teeth.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;\">I<\/span>ronically none of us really wants any of the above treatments, what we really want is the results that the treatments can bring,\u00a0 be it improved confidence or simply \u00a0a better appearance in photographs.\u00a0So\u00a0I often \u00a0find the best place to start is to discuss in some detail what\u00a0 results my patients hope to achieve. After that\u00a0we\u00a0 carry out a detailed point by point assessment\u00a0of\u00a0all aspects of our patients dental health. the aim here is to \u00a0look at\u00a0 how we can\u00a0create a smile that our patients will love while\u00a0maintaining or better still improving their overall\u00a0dental health.<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;\">S<\/span>o to get the best out of any cosmetic treatment a great tip is to begin with the end in mind. By being clear about what you really want to change you can\u00a0 aim to have the least amount of treatment\u00a0 to achieve your goals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are just a few questions that might help&#8230;&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What do you notice most about your smile good and bad &#8211; <span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">tells us what things we need to preserve<\/span><\/li>\n<li>When are you most aware of these features &#8211; <span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">can shed light on hidden problems that only show eg in photos<\/span><\/li>\n<li>If you could change just one thing what would it be &#8211; <span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">helps us to prioritise<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Here are 3 more questions that I am always keen to hear my patients\u00a0views on<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How do you feel about the colour of your teeth<\/li>\n<li>How do you feel about the shape of your teeth<\/li>\n<li>How do you feel about the\u00a0position of your teeth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>If you have a cosmetic problem that you would like to know more about why not drop us a line at our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/\">Edinburgh Dental\u00a0Practice<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A smile makeover can mean many things to many people from changing just a single tooth to changing them all.\u00a0 Most patients that come to see me have an idea in their head of what they wish. I am often asked for a specific treatment for example Teeth Whitening, Inman Aligner, 6 Month Smiles or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/smile-makeover-tips-from-an-edinburgh-dentist\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Smile Makeover Tips From An Edinburgh Dentist<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":417,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions\/417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}