Journal of Oral Hygiene & Health
Open Access

Abstract

Aesthetics has become a duly matter of concern to the dentist. Changing trends and advancement in materials and technologies for treating dental diseases has made it important to broaden horizons towards dental treatment. In recent evolutionary era patients have become more conscious and demanding related to their esthetics. As patients aesthetic expectations continue to increase, dental teams are challenged to fulfill patient’s desire. Various challenges have to be overcome for achieving this. In sequence of prime importance is the correct treatment plan which should be designed to restore the patient’s dentition to good health with optimal function and esthetics. So, role of prosthodontists has also widened and now it is not just limited to replacement of missing teeth but has also included ways to incorporate esthetic designing termed as smile designing or esthetic designing in dentistry. Smile plays a major role in life of every individual. Smile is a key of confidence & confidence is an important aspect of individual’s personality which makes picture complete. Related to esthetics oral health related quality of life plays a significant role in everyone’s life which represents how much and how patient’s social and personal life gets affected by dental diseases. Many self assessing tools are available to evaluate its impact on esthetics. This poster represents a case of esthetic designing and intervenes its effects on OHRQoL . References 1. Dean C.Vafiadis, Smile design enhanced with porcelain veneers,www.deardoctor.com 2. Monika M Sehgal, Esthetic Prosthodontics: Case Reports, J Cont Med A Dent January-April 2017 Volume 5 Issue 1 3. Peumans M, Van Meerbeek SI, Lambrecht P, Vancherle G- Porcelain veneers : A review of the literature, J Dent, 2000 March;28(3); 163-77 4. Navabi N. unacceptable performance in oral health related quality of life assessments in iran (letter to editor). J Res Dent Sci 2015;11(4):181-3 5. Samorodnitzky- Naveh GR, Geiger SB, Levin L. Patients satisfaction with dental esthetics. J Am Dent Assoc 2007; 138(6): 805-8

Biography

Tanvi Jaiswal, is a assistant professor in Department of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge in Datta Meghe Institute Of Medical Sciences, Deemed to be University, Nagpur, India. She has done her BDS& MDS in Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge from same institute and now persuing fellowship in Esthetic Dentistry from DMIMS(DU). She has a teaching experience of 3 years. She has 5 publications.

E-mail: tanvijaiswal90@gmail.com