Digital Smile Design (DSD)

Digital Smile Design is a planning service that uses photographs and digital scans to design the proportions, shape and arrangement of the teeth before treatment begins. It lets the patient and clinician agree on the target appearance of a smile makeover or full-arch restoration in advance. The digital design can then be turned into a physical mock-up so the proposed result can be previewed in the mouth.

Digital Smile Design (DSD) is a planning step that brings the aesthetic side of treatment into focus before any irreversible work is done. Using standardised photographs of the face and smile together with digital scans of the teeth, the clinician designs the intended outcome on screen — the proportions, shape, length and arrangement of the teeth — so that the final restoration is guided by an agreed aesthetic goal rather than decided chairside. It is particularly valuable for smile makeovers and for full-arch implant cases, where the position of the teeth needs to satisfy both function and appearance. At Stomatologia na Podzamczu the DSD design serves as a blueprint that the patient can review and discuss, making expectations clearer for both sides before treatment starts. It pairs naturally with the clinic's intraoral scanning and CBCT-based implant planning, linking how the teeth will look with where the implants and restorations need to sit. The digital plan can be translated into a physical mock-up — a trial smile placed temporarily in the mouth — so the proposed shape and proportions can be seen and felt before committing, and this trial smile is offered as a separate step. DSD is suited to patients planning aesthetic restorations or full-mouth rehabilitation who want to visualise and agree the result in advance; it is a planning and communication tool rather than a treatment in itself.