Hollywood Smile

The ‘Hollywood Smile’ in the late 1920’s and early 1930’s, Hollywood films were becoming increasingly popular, with more and more people going to the cinema to see the latest films. Increasingly many of the films included romantic scenes where a close up was required of the ‘Stars of the Day’ such as Rudolph Valentino.

At this time, most actors and actresses both smoked and drank fairly heavily, long before the time came where health concerns were lifestyle habit related. It wasn’t uncommon for their set of teeth to be badly stained and far from attractive. This could certainly spoil a smile that took up a large part of the cinema screen!

To address this, a dentist called Dr Charles Pincus was asked to design a way of improving the appearance of an actor’s smile. To do this, he created dental porcelain veneers that were used to mask the stained surface of the actor’s upper teeth improving the smile. For this reason, this smile design became known as Hollywood Smile.

Designing Your New Smile

The first step in designing your picture-perfect smile is to explore your needs and concerns. Once we know what you’re looking to achieve, we can put the treatments that will help you realise your smile’s full potential.

We can help with:

• Chipped and cracked teeth
• Missing teeth
• Crooked, gappy, and crowded teeth
• Stained or discoloured teeth

We use a range of services such as veneers or cosmetic bonding to fix cracks and implants, bridges, and crowns to fill any gaps.

Our team of experts will then set to work planning the process. We’ll take digital images and impressions of your teeth. Once we’ve established your needs, we’ll be able to let you know exactly what you can expect your smile to look like before we start work.

DentPrime dentists have a lot of success with this. They always show a great deal of concern for our patients' expectations. They try to create designs that are unique. And until patients are satisfied with their teeth, our dentists won't give up.