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Discover the importance of smile arc protection for maintaining a beautiful, natural smile. Learn about the latest techniques and treatments to enhance and preserve your smile's curve. Expert insights and personalized care to ensure your smile stays radiant and youthful.
Smile Arc Protection (SAP) / Vertical Incisor Display (VID) brackets are placed more gingival(closer to gums) than traditional brackets resulting in a beautiful curved smile line and increased tooth display. Ask your orthodontist to learn more about SAP/VID.
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12 Tooth Smile Creates Youthful Esthetic
Reduces Flaring of Front Teeth
Broad Smile Follows Curvature of Lower Lip
Reduces Dark Corridors in Corners of Mouth
Smile Arc is when the edges of your top teeth follow the curve of your lower lip. The ideal Smile Arc has full teeth display with curvature parallel to the curvature of the lower lip as shown above.
A straight flat smile line is less pleasing. Are verse curve where the front teeth appear to be shorter than the canines gives a look of aging and wear and can be quite unattractive.
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As you can see, compared to the traditional bracket placement, SAP/VID bracket place mentis closer to your gums, resulting in beautiful broad smiles. This is a new and exciting breakthrough in orthodontics, so be sure to explain to your dentist that the placement is correct.
Proper bracket placement is vital to achieving a perfectly curved youthful smile. Your orthodontist will be placing your braces higher than traditional placement to achieve these amazing results.
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