Digital Smile Design Philadelphia
Digital Smile Design is a planning protocol that maps your smile to your face before any treatment begins. Using photographs, video, and digital design software, the shape, length, shade, and proportion of your future smile are previewed and confirmed with you at your consultation. At Razavi Dental, Dr. Leily Razavi uses Digital Smile Design for every veneer and smile makeover case.
What Digital Smile Design Does
Maps Your Smile to Your Face
Facial proportions, lip line, midline, and the width of your smile are all factored into the design. What looks right on paper does not always look right on a real person. Digital Smile Design accounts for the relationship between your teeth and everything around them.
Confirms Shape and Shade Before Preparation
The length, width, and contour of each tooth are designed digitally and previewed with you before any enamel is removed. Shade is selected and confirmed in the same appointment. What you approve is what gets made.
Eliminates Guesswork
Traditional cosmetic dentistry relies heavily on the dentist’s eye and the patient’s ability to describe what they want. Digital Smile Design replaces that guesswork with a visual confirmation. You are not trusting a process, you are approving a result.
How Digital Smile Design Works at Razavi Dental
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Photography and Records
High-resolution photos and video of your smile, face, and bite are taken at your consultation. These are used as the foundation for the digital design.
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Digital Design
Your smile is designed using software that maps tooth shape, length, and proportion to your facial features. The design accounts for your lip line at rest and when smiling, your midline, and the visible range of your smile.
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Preview and Approval
You see the proposed result at your consultation. Shape, length, and shade are reviewed together. Adjustments are made until the design is exactly what you want. Nothing moves forward until you approve it.
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Fabrication and Treatment
The approved design is used to guide tooth preparation and laboratory fabrication. Your temporary veneers are made to match the approved design so you can wear your new smile while the permanent ones are being made.
Digital Smile Design at Razavi Dental is used in planning for:
- Porcelain veneers
- Smile makeovers involving multiple teeth
- Cases where proportion, symmetry, or length are part of the concern
- Any cosmetic case where the patient wants to see the result before committing
- Full mouth reconstruction cases requiring comprehensive smile planning
Why It Matters
Most cosmetic dental work is irreversible. Enamel removed during veneer preparation cannot be replaced. The shade chosen before fabrication is the shade you will have for the next 10 to 20 years.
Digital Smile Design exists because those decisions deserve more than a verbal estimate and a dentist’s confidence. Patients at Razavi Dental see exactly what they are agreeing to before anything is prepared. That is not how every practice operates — but it is the standard we hold every case to.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Digital Smile Design?
Digital Smile Design is a planning protocol that uses photographs, video, and design software to preview your smile before any treatment begins. Shape, length, shade, and proportion are all mapped to your facial features so you can see and approve your result before anything is prepared.
Is Digital Smile Design used for all veneer cases at Razavi Dental?
Yes. Every veneer case and smile makeover at Razavi Dental is planned using Digital Smile Design. It is not an optional add-on — it is part of how every cosmetic case is approached.
Does Digital Smile Design cost extra?
Digital Smile Design planning is included as part of your veneer or smile makeover consultation at Razavi Dental. It is not billed separately.
How accurate is the preview?
The digital preview is a close representation of your planned result. Because the approved design is used to guide both tooth preparation and laboratory fabrication, the final veneers are made to match what you confirmed. Minor variations in how porcelain reflects light are normal, but the shape, proportion, and shade will reflect what was approved.
Can Digital Smile Design be used for treatments other than veneers?
Digital Smile Design is most commonly used for veneer and smile makeover cases. For other cosmetic treatments, the planning approach is discussed at your consultation based on what is being corrected.
What if I don't like the design?
The preview appointment is where adjustments happen. If the proposed shape, length, or shade is not right, it is changed before anything moves forward. The point of the preview is to make sure you are completely satisfied with the planned result before treatment begins.
Looking for a Dentist Who Shows You Your Smile Before Starting?
At Razavi Dental, your consultation is not a sales appointment. It is a clinical evaluation combined with an honest conversation about what is possible, what is realistic, and whether treatment is right for you at all. You will leave with a clear picture of your options and if Digital Smile Design is part of your case, you will leave having seen your result before any commitment is made.