It’s not your skin. It’s your teeth.
Patients come to me convinced they need filler, or a facelift, or a better cream. They point to thinning lips, corners of the mouth turning down, deepening lines around the chin. Then they smile, and I see the actual problem: the structure underneath has quietly collapsed.
What actually happened to your face
No cream fixes structure. No filler rebuilds a foundation.
What a smile lift is
A smile lift restores the height and volume your teeth have lost — hand-layered porcelain, designed to reopen your bite and rebuild the support of the lower third of your face. Lips regain their framework. Proportions come back. The face looks rested, because the architecture under it is back where it belongs.
No incisions. No surgery. It happens in a dental chair.
This is not about whiter teeth
Most people think cosmetic dentistry means color and straightness — decorating the front six teeth. A smile lift is a different discipline. I’m designing your bite, your tooth proportions, and your facial balance as one system. The whitening is incidental. The lift is the point.
You don’t look like anyone else. Your smile — and your face — shouldn’t either.
I see patients at Apa Aesthetic in Beverly Hills and New York City. Book a consultation.
Continue reading: Is it too late to fix your teeth? · A smile makeover is not a procedure
Common questions
What is a smile lift?
Restoring worn-down tooth height and volume with porcelain to rebuild the support of the lower third of the face — a facial rejuvenation done through dentistry.
Am I a candidate?
Common signs: teeth that look shorter than they used to, thinning lips, downturned mouth corners, deepening lines below the mouth, a smile that shows less and less tooth.
Is it surgery?
No. No incisions, no general anesthesia — the same setting as any restorative dental visit.
How is it different from regular veneers?
Intent. Standard veneers address the front teeth’s shape and color. A smile lift designs the whole bite and the facial proportions around it.
This article is general information only and not a substitute for a personal exam and treatment plan from your own dentist.
Cosmetic dentist at Apa Aesthetic in Beverly Hills and New York since 2015. NYU College of Dentistry. Founder and Chief Education Officer of Stribe, where she has trained more than 1,000 dentists.
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