Description

Digital wax-up: A case study

Digital Smile Design (DSD) is a digital smile‑planning protocol based on a detailed analysis of extraoral and intraoral photographs, allowing the visualization and simulation of the aesthetic outcome before any clinical intervention.

For accurate planning, it is essential to provide high‑quality photographs following the criteria below:

Frontal photo smiling

Frontal photo with a broad smile (showing teeth)

Frontal photo with lip retractors

Right lateral photo with retractors

Left lateral photo with retractors

Sending smiling photos — both with and without lip retractors — is fundamental for a precise evaluation of the relationship between teeth, lips, and facial structures.