Social Media Posts Increased Interest in Dental Aesthetics

Dentist Güzin Kırsaçlıoğlu says, “With the increase in social media use, dental aesthetics have become an important issue for those who share their photos today.”

What is the reason why dental aesthetics has gained importance in recent years?

In addition to mechanical digestion, our teeth, which are indispensable for the function of converting sound into speech, are an organ that determines our appearance in social life, gives information about our personality and even our current mental state. For this reason, dental health and dental aesthetics are extremely important. In other words, teeth are the showcase of our mouth, which is our communication organ. This showcase should be suitable for our communication style. With the increase in social media use, dental aesthetics have become important for everyone who shares their photos today. Therefore, dental aesthetics has started to be kept in the foreground a lot.

Could you give us information about Emotional Dentistry, which you present on international platforms?

The most important issue in aesthetic dentistry is to determine the patient's expectations and fears. A person has 3 types of perception systems: visual, auditory and tactile. A tooth that looks visually beautiful can be quite disturbing to the patient in the tactile field. Emotional Dentistry. is actually an intuitive concept of aesthetic dentistry. Teeth are touched, spoken, bitten. They laugh, they are like an instrument. Change and happiness are inevitable with Emotional Dentistry; because our patients whose teeth are repaired gain self-confidence and regain their dental health. In fact, I have had patients who I treated with psychological support for this reason. For this reason, it gives our patients the chance to show their happy smile from the front with the Mock-Up method.

What kind of method is Mock-Up?

In the Mock-Up method, after taking photos of our patient, we analyze them and determine their needs. Lightening the tooth color, changing the gum level, porcelain laminate, Emax coating or wire-free orthodontics? What will your new smile look like when these are done? Mock-Up. are temporary teeth where our patient will see and feel their new smile.

What is different about Emotional Dentistry?

The difference of Emotional Dentistry is to see the patient's characteristics, perception and facial structure, in other words, everything as a whole, and to perform a personalized treatment accordingly. Just taking an approach such as whether the color and shape of the tooth suits the face does not make the patient happy in this regard. Therefore, emotional dentistry says that when you make a tooth, you have a design that will fulfill all these functions.