Concerns We Treat
Uneven Smile
A smile that lifts more on one side than the other, lending the face a lopsided look in expression.
A smile that lifts more on one side than the other, lending the face a lopsided look in expression.
An uneven smile is one that lifts more strongly on one side than the other, so the mouth pulls to one side as you smile or speak. A small degree is natural and present in most faces. It becomes a concern when the difference is pronounced enough to read as lopsided.
Where it is a matter of muscle, one side pulling harder than the other, a careful, asymmetric dose of relaxer can ease the stronger side toward the weaker, bringing the smile closer to balance.
Correction suits the patient whose uneven smile is a matter of muscle, who would welcome a quieter balance and is comfortable maintaining it. It also suits those left uneven after a relaxer placed without attention to the two sides, which careful dosing can often settle.
Most often an uneven smile comes from the muscles around the mouth working unequally, one side simply stronger or more active. It can be lifelong, or follow a period of overuse on one side. Less commonly it follows a nerve issue, a dental matter, or prior treatment placed without attention to balance.
An honest look at the cause comes first, since muscle work answers a muscular imbalance but not a structural or nerve-related one.
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A mild unevenness is often lifelong and stable. It can grow more visible with age as one side of the face gains on the other, or after dental work, injury, or prior treatment dosed without regard to the two sides. Where treated, the balance is held with a steady, side-aware rhythm.
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