Couture Smile™

Couture Smile® is the art of creating a smile that enhances the features of the face, while crafting a beautiful balance in size, proportion, position, color and angulation of the teeth. It does not only add to the happiness factor of how the patient feels about himself/herself, but actually adds life to the teeth by strengthening the surfaces of teeth that are continuously exposed to wear and tear. A Couture Smile™ provides the emotional wellbeing factor of harmony & improves the facial expressions in all walks of their life.

If you think of the lips as the stage, the gums as the curtains and the teeth as the actors – Couture Smile™ is about placing them correctly on stage. So when a person smiles, it looks natural, beautiful and gives that wow factor.

I realized that beauty lies in individualizing every smile so that the facial expression of the person is in harmony with all aspects of his or her physical traits.

Five years ago, I trained at New York University – Rosenthal Institute of Aesthetic Dentistry and mastered creating smiles with Facial Aesthetic Design. I was able to design every tooth individually to enhance a patient’s smile taking into consideration the way the patients talks, his/her facial expression while speaking, smiling and showing emotions. The science, the design ability and principle of artfully creating individualized smiles is what I call Couture Smile™ – a brand I own.

I have been creating smiles since 1982, but I have been designing individualized smiles for the last four years.

The best candidates for Couture Smile™ are adults who wish to feel and look better with smiles that exude a wow factor.

A huge number of patients who visit my clinic through word of mouth. Most of them were referred to me by their friends and family who I’ve done Couture Smile® for. Aside from those living within the UAE, I also receive patients coming from the Gulf, Iraq, Afghanistan, India, the Far East and Central America.

Couture Smile® is not just about covering what you don’t like about your teeth in cookie-cutter veneers. When I do Couture Smile™, I consider so many parameters including the patient’s age, skin tone, the shape of the face and the teeth, how he or she speaks and smiles. I examine every angle to give my patients smiles that are in perfect harmony with their face and with their overall personality. It’s about crafting a beautiful natural smile that you can call your own.

I come and see patients every day and it’s in the mornings that my creativity works at its best.

A typical smile consultation is usually booked for 60-90 minutes. It consists of carefully listening to the patient’s concerns and wishes about their smile. This is followed by a set of facial and close up photographs, x-rays and models.

The creative fun part is when I design onto their teeth with a liquid composite and a brush pencil how their teeth could be in shape and size and color to enhance their facial expression with their new smile. This allows the patient to see and experience exactly how his or her ‘new’ smile will be like.

I then take a new set of photographs which can then clearly show if the patient is feeling happy with what I have created as a road map of their future smile. It is in the expression of the patient’s eyes I can see whether they love where are going with the designing of their smile. Once the patient feels excited about the new design that has been created, I take a model of this and the treatment can be booked.

The entire process is divided into 3-4 appointments and is completed within 2 to 4 weeks.

No. Couture Smile® is a minimally invasive procedure that requires me to slightly touch and prepare the teeth to correct their shape and angle.

Definitely. Couture Smile™ is made to look very natural and in perfect harmony to one’s face and overall personality.

With efficient and regular oral hygiene and visits to the dentist, it can last from 10-15 years.

A smile can make or break a person’s confidence. Wearing a smile that you are proud of and happy to show anyone at any time of the day is just priceless. My ultimate goal for all of my patients to be really happy with their own smiles. It’s when I can see their hearts sing when they look at their new smile that I know I have positively touched their lives.