A Temporary Smile Design

The Snap-on Smile is a temporary smile design, made out of acrylic, that snaps over your natural teeth.

It can be used for special events, such as weddings or graduations, or it can be used to "try on" a smile design to see if it works.

How a Snap-on Smile Is Made

This product is made by Den-Mat, a dental materials company and laboratory in California. It is made out of a crystallized acetyl resin that is fairly flexible and durable.

Den-Mat is saying that it is tough enough to eat with it, and that it will last about four years. Dr. Marc Liechtung, the dentist who invented this product, has his own Snap-on Smile he has used for five years.

Maintenance and Cleaning

Keeping this appliance clean is a simple matter of taking it out to brush and floss, and then putting it back in.

The material is tough enough that patients can eat with this in the mouth. Be careful if you do this, though, because the appliance will trap plaque and food particles and this can promote serious decay problems. Everytime you eat anything, even if it is only a single potato chip, excuse yourself to a rest room, take the appliance out, swish, and put it back in.

Snap-on Smile Pictures

As you can see from these pictures, the result looks natural, and this product can be used for a variety of situations. Here is a smile where the teeth are uneven and a little dark looking. The result is natural-looking and attractive:

Below is another case of what we would call "peg laterals", where the permanent teeth are malformed, leaving the impression that there are missing teeth:

Cost of Snap-on Smile

We estimate the cost of this to be between $800 and $1600 per arch of teeth.

For a smaller case, involving just 6 teeth, the cost could be about half of that.

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