A perfect smile is the right proportion of pink to white. Dentally speaking it means the right ratio of the exhibited gums (pink) to the white (teeth). The 'perfect smile' is designed by placing veneers on the existing teeth, altering the shape, colour, form and thus creating an illusion of the perfect smile.

SMILE LINE - The shape of your teeth should follow your Smile Pattern. For a Commissure Smile the convex curve through the six upper anterior teeth should follow the curve of the lower lip

DOMINANCE OF THE CENTRAL INCISORS - Your two maxillary incisors (2 front teeth) should be symmetrical and their width should be 80% of their height with a perpendicular midline

SILHOUETTES - The curve of your maxillary incisors (2 front teeth) should match or silhouette the curve of the laterals (teeth beside front teeth). The laterals should silhouette the cuspids (eye-teeth) and so on.

PROGRESSION OF MAXILLARY INCISAL EMBRASURES - The embrasures between the maxillary centrals (2 front teeth) should be the smallest with the respective embrasures gradually getting larger to the cuspid (eye-teeth). This creates the illusion of delicate laterals.

PROGRESSION OF CONTACTS - The contact points should follow the smile line and silhouette the lower lip.

AXIAL ALIGNMENT - The vertical axis should be perpendicular and begin to angle mesially (toward the centre) from midline to posterior teeth.

GINGIVAL ZENITH - When you are smiling we should see no more than 3mm of gum tissue. Also the gum crests between teeth should follow the smile line.