What is its purpose?
To discuss wishes and possible shape changes visually.
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Can a digital image show a future smile?
Digital smile planning combines records of teeth, lips and face with design on a screen. Photographs, short videos and sometimes a scan help discuss wishes and possible changes. The image is a planning aid. Examination is needed to establish whether a proposal is appropriate and achievable; it is not a promised treatment result.
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Understand before designing
Wishes, dental health, remaining tissue and bite form the starting point. An attractive screen image cannot replace an examination.
View teeth within the face
Lips move during speech and smiling. Different views and movement recordings may therefore add information beyond a single posed photograph.
Interpret the proposal together
A design may make shape and proportions easier to discuss. Limits, required treatment and, where useful, a trial shape in the mouth are considered separately.
At a glance
What remains uncertain?
Individual suitability, complexity, function and the actual outcome.
What should I ask?
Which parts are illustrative and which have been clinically assessed?
Knowledge in motion
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Each scene can also be selected manually.
Silent educational film with German on-screen text and simplified teaching images. Not a patient case or a promised treatment outcome. The full English explanation is available below.
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Understand before designing
Wishes, dental health, remaining tissue and bite form the starting point. An attractive screen image cannot replace an examination.
View teeth within the face
Lips move during speech and smiling. Different views and movement recordings may therefore add information beyond a single posed photograph.
Interpret the proposal together
A design may make shape and proportions easier to discuss. Limits, required treatment and, where useful, a trial shape in the mouth are considered separately.
Often confused
Simulation or result?
A simulation shows a planned possibility. A result follows an individually appropriate treatment that has actually been carried out.
Quick answers
Does the simulation guarantee a result?
No. It can illustrate possible changes but cannot promise how biological limits, materials and actual treatment will combine.
Is digital planning the same as a mock-up?
No. Digital planning begins on a screen. A mock-up is a temporary trial shape on the teeth. Whether that is useful depends on the proposed treatment.
Does every aesthetic treatment need it?
No. The information gained should suit the question. Examination and understandable planning matter more than a particular software or brand.
At the practice
For a personal conversation
An editorially suggested question for a conversation with Dr. med. dent. Niusha Barahmand Pour:
What is achievable for my teeth, and which parts of the design are only illustrative?
An image can express a wish. Examination establishes the possibilities.
Discuss an aesthetic concernAppointment selection at DoctolibLearning layer for training & practiceUnderstand terminology and deepen knowledge
- 2D planning
- A design shown on a flat image.
- 3D model
- A spatial digital representation, for example derived from a scan.
- Dynamic documentation
- Records showing the lips and smile in movement.
Make the distinction
A simulation shows a planned possibility. A result follows an individually appropriate treatment that has actually been carried out.
Sources and context
Editorial research: . General information, not an individual diagnosis or treatment recommendation. Teaching illustrations are simplified and do not depict a patient case.