Your smile is the first impression people get of you. One that remains in their mind. An adult who has “crooked” or “protruding” teeth can lose self-esteem. People who hide their mouth or hesitate to smile are not so rare.

A pleasant smile is important regardless of your age or your lifestyle. Studies have shown that facial appearance can influence people’s social life.

The mouth is an area of attention because we constantly communicate and express our feelings through it. Your appearance highly influences the opinion other people have about you. Even more important is the effect that your appearance has on the image you have of yourself.

In today's competitive world, the personality and style of an individual contributes significantly towards success. But without a beautiful smile these are incomplete. A beautiful smile can make a difference between success and failure.

The shape, size, colour and position of the front teeth are primarily responsible for a beautiful smile. The positions, shape and colour of the gums also contribute to it. The shape, size and position of the lips which determine the display of the teeth during smiling and talking, are also important.

An orthodontist can change the positions of teeth with braces. The horizontal and vertical positions of the lips can be influenced to some extent by changing the positions of teeth.

A cosmetic dentist can change the shape, size and colour of teeth and the level and shape of gingival margins

The front teeth in the upper jaw influence the smile of a person the most. Positions of these teeth are very important. When the teeth are well aligned, leveled and their inclinations are proper, the smile becomes more attractive.

If the upper front teeth are crowded or spaced out; if one or more teeth are extruded (long) or intruded (short); if the teeth are projecting outwards or inclined inwards, then the smile gets adversely affected. All these conditions are due to improper positions of teeth.

Orthodontics not only deals with the correction of irregular and protruded teeth, it deals with the correction of irregular jaws as well.