Smile Analysis

Looking into a full face, closeup mirror, analyze your smile in two phases - slight smile and full smile.
Teeth

1. In a slight smile, with teeth parted, do the tips of the front teeth show?
2. Are the two upper front teeth slightly longer than the adjacent teeth?
3. Are they too long?
4. Are the upper six front teeth even in length?
5. Do all the front teeth come in contact with each other?
6. Are the front teeth straight (versus being crooked, overlapped, or protruding)?
7. Smiling more, are the teeth of one colour?
8. Do your teeth have white or brown stains?
9. Are front teeth that contain fillings matched with other teeth so they are unnoticed?
10. Is one front tooth darker than the rest?
11. Are the lower six front teeth straight?
12. Are they even in appearance?
13. In a full smile, normally the back teeth show. Are these teeth free of stains and discolourations from unsightly restorations?
14. Do the necks of the teeth have erosion,a ditched-in V that can be seen or felt with the fingernail?
15. In a full smile, does the top lip rise above the necks of the teeth so that the gums show?

Gums

1. Are the gums pink and "knife-edged" (versus red and swollen)?
2. Have the gums receded from the necks of the teeth?
3. Is the curvature of the gum tissue good around the teeth (half-moon shape)?

Breath

1. Is your breath always pleasant?
2. Is yout mouth free from decay or gum disease that causes bad breath?
3. If you could alter your smile, what would you most like to change?