Utilizing Adobe Photoshop for Smile Design (PSD)

<p>Khalid Motlaq</p>

Dental Health: Current ResearchISSN: 2470-0886

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Utilizing Adobe Photoshop for Smile Design (PSD)

Khalid Motlaq

University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

: Dent Health Curr Res

Abstract

Current software programs in smile design are using a set of teeth template, resulting in an unnatural smile. This poster presentation is most likely a technique combined with digital material science, Adobe Photoshop was used effectively by Dr. Edward Mclaren to offer the most reliable technique (Photoshop Smile Design) that allows dentists to design an unique, natural and realistic smile. Methods: using a frontal picture while patient is smiling in Adobe Photoshop with applying many tools combined together producing a smile design with different shapes and shades and accurate measurements followed by a wax up for the esthetic prototype and preparation guidance.