The Santucci Smile is our proprietary approach on foundation optimizing-esthetic driven orthodontic care. Grounded in ten key principles of facial harmony and functional beauty, it ensures every result feels balanced, natural, and entirely yours. This is more than alignment. It is an intentional, artful design build to support long term health.
Natural esthetic smiles tend to follow the contour of the lips. Traditional orthodontics tends to create a flattoned look to the smile. We create a signature arc that matches your lower lip and gives your smile a youthful, natural and dynamic flow.
Studies show that the wider a smile is, the better. We work to reduce dark spaces at the corners of the mouth so the smile looks wider, fuller, and more natural.
We evaluate how much of the tooth shows at rest and in motion. Too little makes a smile look aged, too much can appear gummy. Our goal is a natural, balanced, and youthful display. When needed, we use precision tools like TADs or bite pads for optimal results.
Centering your smile within the face creates balance and visual symmetry. We carefully align the dental midline with the facial midline to anchor the smile within the frame of the lips.
Ideal smiles have proportionate teeth, there should be a flow in size from front to back. Dr Santucci adjusts size relationships for a more balanced and natural esthetic that flows from tooth to tooth and front to back.
Dr Santucci refines how the teeth touch side by side, creating smooth transitions from tooth to tooth and eliminates visual distractions. It’s a detail that elevates the overall symmetry and flow of the smile. This micro esthetic detailing leaves an overall natural looking beauty to the teeth.
The way your teeth come together matters and function is never overlooked. We fine-tune your bite – adjusting contact points and alignment – to create balance, protect jaw/joint health, and support long-term stability. It’s a subtle part of smile design, but it plays a major role in how your smile functions and feels every day.
We sculpt the gum line for symmetry and balance, ensuring your teeth appear even and well-contoured. The work done to properly position teeth is enhanced by perfecting the gum architecture to support the beauty created by the teeth.
Your teeth and jaw position play a major role in how your lips are supported. A properly designed smile and optimized jaw position enhances facial esthetics by gently lifting and supporting the lips in a natural, age-appropriate manner.
A beautiful smile should also be sustainable. That means creating space that supports healthy breathing, jaw posture, and long-term function. Because true orthodontic care is about more than alignment, it’s a health service and should be setting the foundation for a healthy life.
