What is Dento-Facial Aesthetics?
A traditional smile makeover, using modern cosmetic dental techniques, can achieve extraordinary results: a stronger, whiter, brighter, straighter smile. But this is really just a “tooth makeover.”.
Every day the muscles and soft tissues of our whole face are moving and are exposed to the elements and pollution. As we age, there is a decrease in the production of collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid that give support and volume to our skin. Wrinkles, lines, grooves, depressions, and a sunken appearance are the result.
With facial aesthetic treatment, Dr. Vic can help smooth out the wrinkles and fill in the folds. Your beautiful, improved smile will be framed by a more youthful-looking, but still age-appropriate, you. This is a true “smile makeover.”
Dento-facial aesthetics addresses the interplay between the mouth and surrounding facial structures so that the appearance of your face as a whole is in harmony. At Smile Face & Body, we use safe, minimally invasive techniques and materials to quickly, easily, and painlessly restore a more youthful appearance in a holistic way.
Dr. Vic’s main focus in dentofacial aesthetics is always to help you achieve the best-looking YOU! The secret is personally tailored, minimal treatment with the use of wrinkle-smoothing treatments and face volumising to achieve optimal natural results. Your dentist is among the most qualified to offer you complete facial enhancement.
Dentists graduate with a thorough understanding of facial structures and anatomy. Knowing where all the nerves, blood vessels, and muscles are in the face is crucial to not only achieving the best results but also avoiding potential complications.
Dentists Thoroughly Understand Complete Facial Aesthetics
Dr. Vic works on his patients’ faces every day. He focuses on the principles and techniques to create beautiful faces. He understands the interplay between facial structures and a person’s smile to create an overall beautiful and youthful appearance.
When you think about how much time a dentist spends working on the structures of the face, it doesn’t take long to realise the enormous advantages of having one artistic, highly skilled facial specialist harmoniously blending techniques in one appointment.
Further to his university degree, Dr. Vic has completed extensive further education and is a fully qualified AADFA-trained dentist.
The Australasian Academy of Dento-Facial Aesthetics (AADFA) has established dentists as the “Gold Standard” and true leaders in the provision of facial rejuvenation therapies like wrinkle smoothing treatments and facial volumising.
The public can therefore be confident that Dr. Vic, with his membership in AADFA, has undergone comprehensive, industry-leading education: acquiring the necessary theoretical knowledge and practical skills needed to successfully deliver aesthetic and therapeutic facial therapies across the dento-facial region safely and effectively and adhering to the highest clinical and ethical standards.
Dr. Vic is qualified to perform the following dentofacial treatments:
Gummy smile
Hyperactive lip muscles can be relaxed, reducing excessive lip elevation during smiling and eliminating the “Gummy Smile.”
Creating beautiful lips
Through the careful use of BT-x and facial volumising, Dr. Vic can replace lost fullness and help achieve aesthetically “correct” proportions in lips. Beautiful lips dress up a beautiful smile, and no one is more qualified to enhance a person’s lips than a dentist.
Naso-labial lines
Dr. Vic understands that improving the appearance of soft tissues around the mouth can enhance his patient’s overall appearance and complete a beautiful smile.
Marionette lines
Can create a sad, downturned lip. Dr. Vic can expertly replace lost fullness to create a refreshed look.
Intraoral defects
Facial volumising can now be used to correct dark spaces around implants or crowns easily and safely.
Asymmetries
Treating the DAO muscle can help to correct aesthetic and functional asymmetries caused by various neurological and muscular deficiencies.
Bruxism/TMD/hypertrophy
Injections can be used to treat the masticatory muscles in cases of bruxism/TMD/facial pain and to soften a square jawline.
Crow’s feet
Periorbital lines (crow's feet) are caused by smiling and can be relaxed with facial injectables.
Frown lines
Commonly known as the 11s, frown lines between the eyes can be improved dramatically and even eliminated completely.
Forehead lines
Wrinkles on the forehead can be softened—Dr. Vic assesses the frame that surrounds the teeth to create a cohesive, completed picture.
Necklines
The platysma muscle, a significant depressor muscle of the lower face, can be relaxed for both aesthetic and dental therapeutic purposes.
Cheek enhancement
Providing mid-face structure not only improves dento-facial aesthetics but also helps to support the face against the natural ageing process.
Chin and jawline
Long-lasting filler can be placed in the chin and jawline to replace lost volume and create a balanced profile.