Why Does My Smile Look Uneven?

So, you take a look in the mirror, you catch a glimpse of yourself in a window, you look at your photos and one issue jumps out at you: Your smile doesn’t look even. It’s not just a very minor thing that only you notice but a pronounced problem that has caused you some measure of distress for a while. While you can’t necessarily put your finger on the exact cause of this visual disturbance, you do know you don’t like it. Fortunately, we can help you decrypt the issue, so you understand what’s going on. Even better? We can help you improve your grin with cosmetic dentistry.

Your Gum Tissue Is Distributed Unevenly

You might not realize this but it is entirely possible that your smile problem has nothing to do with your teeth and everything to do with your gums. Just like teeth don’t always grow in symmetrically, the same can be true for gum tissue. For instance, if you have more gum tissue on the left side of your smile than the right, it can cause the teeth on the left to appear shorter. We can fix this with cosmetic dentistry.

It’s Your Teeth

Sometimes, as you are aware, the problem is with your teeth. We will suggest that you go ahead and take a closer look at your teeth in the mirror. Do the shapes of mirroring teeth look different? Are the lengths not quite symmetrical? This type of concern is very easy to address with the use of a cosmetic dentistry treatment called dental contouring. Or, if you notice that it’s the way your teeth are configured within your smile, you might be a wonderful candidate for our clear braces system, called ClearCorrect.