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Tips For Achieving The Perfect Wedding Day Smile

So much time and money goes into creating the wedding of your dreams. You spend countless hours looking for the perfect dress, the perfect hairstyle, and the perfect venue. But what about your smile? The average cost of a professional wedding photographer is $3,000. It would be a shame to spend all that money on professional photos, only to hate the pictures because of your smile. Keep reading to find more on how you can have a perfect smile on your wedding day:

Clean Your Pearly Whites

Set up an appointment with your dentist for a professional cleaning two weeks before your wedding day. During this cleaning, ask your dentist or hygienist to focus on any stains and areas with a lot of plague. To keep your teeth nice and clean until your wedding day, make sure you brush them after every meal, and floss at least once a day.

Whiten Your Teeth

Start whitening your teeth at least 2 weeks before wedding day. You have two options: a professional bleaching treatment at your dentist office, and over-the-counter products that you can use at home. The differences are that a whitening treatment at the dentist is much more expensive than purchasing a kit you can do at home. Also, the products used by the dentist to whiten teeth in the office are much stronger than the kits you can do at home. But home whitening kits do work well.

If you are looking for an all natural way to whiten your teeth, then brush your teeth with a mixture of crushed strawberry pulp and baking soda. First, apply the mixture to your teeth with a soft toothbrush. Let it sit on your teeth for about 5 minutes. Then brush your teeth as usual. The baking soda acts just like a bleach, and it's very safe to use on your teeth. The strawberries contain malic acid, which is an astringent and will remove surface discoloration. Just don't use this mixture more than a couple times a week because it can damage the enamel on your teeth.

Cosmetic Repairs

A cosmetic dentist can fix chipped teeth, straighten crooked teeth, apply veneers, and do a multitude of other procedures to give you a perfect smile. It all depends on how invasive you want to get and how much money you want to spend. You would be amazed at how much your smile can improve by having any little dark spaces, dings, and chips fixed. These small repairs are quick and easy, most of them only requiring one office visit.

Eat Healthy

You may not realize this, but what you eat plays an important role in the health of your teeth. To keep your newly-cleaned teeth looking sparkling white for your wedding, snack on broccoli, carrots, and apples. These fruits and veggies are not only healthy for your body, but they will exfoliate your teeth and remove stains.

You want to stay away from coffee, tea, and red wine for at least a week before your wedding day. All of these beverages will quickly and easily stain your teeth, erasing all the hard work you've done to get them white. Also, don't drink a lot of juice because it contains acid that will damage the enamel on your teeth and make them more prone to staining.

Get Luscious Lips

Just like your hair frames your face, your lips frame your teeth. If you want a perfect smile, then make sure your lips are moisturized at all times. Use lip balm several times a day for at least a week prior to your wedding day. Then, on your big day, wear a red-tone lipstick with an anti-smudge factor. Any type of red lipstick that works with your skin tone will make your teeth look whiter and brighter on your wedding day.

The Mechanics Of A Great Smile

Now that you have healthy and stain-free teeth and lips, you have to work on the actual smiling. There is a method to achieving the perfect smile on your wedding day:

  1. Relax your face.

  2. Slightly open your mouth.

  3. Move your lower lip to align it with the curve of your top teeth.

  4. Smile gently, keeping your lower lip aligned with your upper teeth, and covering your bottom teeth.

  5. Practice makes perfect. Keep smiling in the mirror until you are happy with your smile. Remember that you want to show as many top teeth as possible, but not too much gums.

A few more tips for a perfect wedding day smile:

  • Keep your chin up slightly to prevent a double chin.

  • Never have your head square with the camera. Always turn your head slightly to one side and raise your chin just a bit.

  • For sparkling picture-perfect teeth, run your tongue over the front of your top teeth right before the picture is taken to moisten them.

These are just a few things you can do to make sure you have a perfect smile on your wedding day. If you have questions about these methods, or other things you can do to improve your smile, call your cosmetic dentist. He or she would be happy to help you obtain that perfect smile that brides dream of on their wedding day.


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