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Daniel

Zirconium Crowns

Daniel had heard every Turkey teeth joke going. He came home with a full set of natural zirconia crowns in shade B1 that nobody has clocked as crowns.

Treatment:
Zirconium Crowns
Design:
Natural
Shade:
B1
Daniel after Zirconium Crowns with UK Smiles in Antalya

Daniel’s story

Daniel had heard every joke about Turkey teeth before he booked: the oversized, blinding white sets that look like they belong to someone else. It was one of the reasons he put it off for so long. Meanwhile his own teeth were quietly getting worse. They had darkened well past the shade he wanted, the edges were worn and uneven, and the front teeth had crowded over one another, so whitening or a bit of tidying up was never going to fix it.

What he wanted was simple: teeth that looked like his, only better. The plan was a full set of zirconium crowns in a natural design. Zirconium rebuilds the shape and length of each tooth and stands up to everyday use, and the natural design keeps the edges and translucency looking like real teeth rather than a flat white block.

The shade was B1. Bright, but a deliberate step back from the bleach shades, chosen so the result reads as a good set of teeth on a man in his thirties, not an obvious set of crowns. His brief to the team was that nobody should be able to tell.

Watch his video and you will hear him say it himself: “This is not Turkey teeth, this is high quality dentistry.” Straight, even, the right shade for his face, and a smile he stopped thinking about the moment he got home, which is exactly the point.

The design choices

Why Daniel chose shade B1 and a natural design

Every UK Smiles patient picks his own shade and design with the dentist before anything is made. Here is what Daniel’s choices mean and why they suited him.

Shade

B1 Natural, bright

  1. BL1
  2. BL2
  3. BL3
  4. B1
  5. A1
  6. A2

WhitestMore natural →

The six most popular shades are shown here. The full chart runs to more than 20, so there is a match for every complexion.

The brightest shade on the classic natural chart, a step below the bleach shades. It reads as a very good set of natural teeth rather than teeth that have obviously been whitened.

Why it suited Daniel: Daniel wanted bright, but he had heard every Turkey teeth joke going, so the bleach shades were out. B1 is the top of the natural chart: a clear improvement on the darkened shade he had, yet it reads as a good set of teeth on a man in his thirties rather than an obvious set of crowns.

Design

Natural

  • Chosen

    Natural

    Like your own teeth, on their best day

    Centrals a touch longer than the laterals, softly rounded corners, canines with a gentle point and a smile line that curves with your lip. Small differences between teeth are kept on purpose: that is what reads as real.

  • Soft

    Rounded, gentle, friendly

    Fuller, more oval teeth with rounded edges all the way along and no sharp corners anywhere. The smile line curves gently and the canines are softened rather than pointed. Warm rather than striking.

  • Hollywood

    Square, straight, bold

    Squarer teeth with straight edges, all the same length, sitting in a flat, even line. Corners are crisp and the canines are squared off to match. Symmetrical and unmistakably done, for people who want the change to show.

Each tooth is shaped with the small variations real teeth have: slightly rounded corners, a soft curve along the smile line and a little translucency at the biting edges. The result looks like a great version of your own teeth rather than a row of identical white blocks.

Why it suited Daniel: His one instruction was that nobody should be able to tell. The natural design is what delivers that: slight variation between teeth, rounded corners and translucent edges, none of the flat, uniform look that gives crowns away.

Not sure which shade or design is right for you? See how the design studio works, or ask us for a free plan.

Daniel tells his story

Every photo and video of Daniel on this page is real, taken at the clinic in Antalya.

Daniel's smile started with a few photos sent over WhatsApp. Yours can too.

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