
However, also non-specific programs, like Photoshop or Keynote, could be adapted by dentists and dental professionals as DSD programs.

Furthermore, digital smile design i mproves the communication between the dentist, the dental technician and the patient, thus, ensuring a more predictable outcome for each individual patient.ĭifferent software can be employed for DSD and some of them have been properly created for dentistry purposes and sold as specific digital smile design software to be used in the dental field. DSD is a new tool that allows aesthetic analysis, virtual treatment planning and pre-visualization of the final therapy through photo editing and/or 3D scanning of patients’ mouth. A detailed analysis of patients' smiles and faces, can be performed through a traditional wax-up or using a more modern image software to obtain the so called Digital Smile Design (DSD). The fundamental criteria for aesthetic analysis should include facial, dentogingival and dental esthetics.

Cosmetic dentistry integrates all the areas of dentistry therefore, a comprehensive aesthetic evaluation in every clinical case is necessary in order to choose the best treatment approach. Today there is an increasing number of patients demanding for highly aesthetic treatments and cosmetic dentistry is increasingly becoming an issue of concern to people who desire to improve their smile.
