Predictable, natural-looking results
Every smile transformation is carefully designed to look harmonious and natural for the individual’s face.
The Modern Smile™
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Dental clinic in Shoreditch, London
The Modern Smile™ is our process for creating predictable, natural-looking smile transformations every time.
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Dr. Mark Flynn Explains The Modern Smile
The Problem With Cosmetic Dentistry
If you’ve spent any time looking at cosmetic dentistry on social media and dental websites, you’ll often see results that just don’t look right on someone’s face.
The individual teeth might look okay close-up, but the whole picture just looks wrong.
At The Modern Dentist, we believe that if we’re going to alter someone’s smile, our patients need to know what they’re getting BEFORE the final treatment.
If you’ve watched dentists plastering composite onto teeth freehand and trying to sculpt it, that’s not what we do.
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Dental clinic in Shoreditch, London
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The Solution - The Modern Smile
The Modern Smile™ process at The Modern Dentist solves this by using a detailed, design-led approach that prioritises natural harmony and patient involvement.
Through professional photography, digital smile design, 3D modelling, and a realistic “test drive,” patients can see and refine their new smile before any final work is done.
This meticulous process eliminates guesswork, ensures facial balance, and creates predictable, natural-looking results that genuinely suit each individual.
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Dental clinic in Shoreditch, London
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Your Smile - Our Process & Planning
Our process involves meticulous planning and communication between us, our labs and you, our patient.
It begins with a thorough analysis of your smile – not just your teeth; but your whole smile.
Again, if you look at lots of smile makeovers online, you’ll see that you don’t really see the patient properly smile.
You might see a grimace but not a proper, eyes-creasing up, happy-looking smile.
Without this, it’s impossible to plan properly.
We need to see where your lips are, for example, when you’re really smiling, and how much gum and tooth you show.
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Dental clinic in Shoreditch, London
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Laura McVicker - Composite Bonding - Dr Mark Flynn — View Close Up
1. Let's Take Some Photos
Our first step is to take a series of photos in our professional photography studio.
Having photos of this quality is essential for proper analysis and planning.
Using both Photoshop and dental imaging software, we go through a process of working out exactly how we want your new teeth to look.
This includes length, thickness, proportions and character, among other things.
There’s a perfect incisor length for every individual patient: too long and they look like rabbit teeth, but too short and it’s barely worth doing.
Same thing applies for the other factors: too much volume and they look horsey.
Too square and they look too masculine for the face or too round and they look too feminine.
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Dental clinic in Shoreditch, London
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2. Building A Model & Trying It On
Once we’ve worked out what changes we want to make, then we send our designs to one of our labs to turn your design into a 3D model.
Next is probably the most important step of all.
We transfer this model to the patient's mouth in a very aesthetic material that allows them to see our designs in their mouth in a very realistic way.
BUT…
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Dental clinic in Shoreditch, London
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3. Evaluating Your New Smile
We don’t just give you a mirror because people really aren’t good at evaluating aesthetics by looking in a mirror.
For one thing, they’re seeing a mirror image, not what everyone else sees.
But they also won’t tend to smile naturally; they’ll pull their lips back to examine the individual teeth, which isn't really helpful.
So… we go back into our professional photo studio, take another series of photos, and get that patient to laugh, smile, and really show off their new teeth.
Then we examine the photos together.
When you see these photos in really high quality, you can see immediately if something is off, or if it’s perfect.
If something’s off, then it’s our job to work out what it is, because the patients often won’t be able to articulate it.
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Dental clinic in Shoreditch, London
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Julia Gibbs - Composite Bonding - Dr Mark Flynn — View Close Up
4. Iterate Until We Achieve Your Perfect Smile
If it’s not right, then we work out the changes we want to make and go back to the drawing board and start the process again.
Only when we get this test drive process right will we proceed to the final, definitive treatment.
And only at this point do we make the final decision with the patient on whether we’re going to use hand-sculpted, layered composite, injection moulding composite, or porcelain veneers.
What people usually don’t realise is that the differences between these materials actually make way less difference to the final result than this truly essential design process.
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Dental clinic in Shoreditch, London
Some Of Our Before & Afters
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Lisa - Whitening & Bonding - Dr Mark Flynn — View Close Up
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Kate Monaghan - Composite Bonding - Dr Mark Flynn — View Close Up
Julia Gibbs - Composite Bonding - Dr Mark Flynn — View Close Up
Laura McVicker - Composite Bonding - Dr Mark Flynn — View Close Up
Benefits Of The Modern Smile
Total transparency before treatment
Patients can see and understand what their new smile will look like before any final work is done.
Comprehensive smile analysis
The process looks beyond just the teeth, considering the entire smile, lips, gums, and facial expressions.
High-quality photographic planning
Professional studio photos ensure precise analysis and planning of every aesthetic detail.
Advanced digital design
Photoshop and dental imaging software are used to tailor tooth length, shape, and proportions specifically for each patient.
Realistic “test drive” experience
Patients can preview their new smile in their own mouth using lifelike materials before committing to the final treatment.
What Our Patients Say
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It Makes Such A Difference To How You Feel And It Just Makes You Want To Smile!
The whole experience of The Modern Dentist made me feel at ease and comfortable; the space is beautiful and relaxing and the reception staff are really friendly and professional. I went for a general check up, as well as at home whitening treatment and composite bonding - Mark and his team were brilliant! They took such care in looking after me, explaining everything they were doing so I understood, and I'm so happy with the results of my smile!
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Feels Great! I'm Really Happy To Smile!
I'm really pleased with what I can see in the mirror and in photos! My experience has been great. It's more than met my expectations!
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I Waited A Long Time To Get The Teeth I've Always Wanted - And Now I Feel Like I Finally Have Them!
I could not be happier with my experience at The Modern Dentist! From my initial consultation to the last appointment, Dr Mark Flynn and his team were superb. So friendly and warm, making every appointment a pleasure. My treatments consisted of a teeth whitening course as well as much needed composite bonding to repair the bad work a previous dentist had performed. My smile has well and truly transformed. A fantastic natural finish that I’m so happy with. I now smile more and feel so much more confident within myself and that’s all down to Mark and the team. I will be sending all of my friends there! Thank you!
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The End Result Was Better Than I Ever Could Have Hoped For!
I would say go for it! I think Mark managed to achieve that balance of perfect - between noticing the difference and not being in too much of a shock!
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I'm Beyond Delighted With My Teeth! I Absolutely LOVE Them!
I just love my new teeth! I feel like they achieved everything I wanted in terms of looking natural.
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Dental clinic in Shoreditch, London
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Your Cosmetic Dentist In Shoreditch
Located at the City end of Shoreditch, we are very accessible by tube:
Two minute walk from Old Street Tube Station (Northern Line)
Ten minute walk from Moorgate/Liverpool St Tube and rail stations (National Rail, Elizabeth Line, Central, Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan Lines, and London Overground).
We are on many bus routes, including the 43, 55, 135, 205, 214, and 243.
There is some limited Pay & Display street parking across the road from the practice and a nearby car park on Clere Street.
We have good disabled access for all our treatments and services, including our OPG and CBCT scanner and our well-proportioned bathroom.
We look forward to welcoming you in person very soon!
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Dental clinic in Shoreditch, London