Beauty Experts

Here's What Beauty Experts Are Saying About The "Lorin Library" Smile Style Shape Guide And The Dallas Dental Spa

"I like my teeth square, my diamonds square, and my nails square," says one patron of Dallas Dental Spa, where cosmetic dentist Dr. Lorin Berland creates beautiful smiles to order. The spa's smile selection guide offers patients 18 dazzling alternatives to choose from. "We have found a direct correlation between the shape of a woman's nails and the tooth shape she prefers.

"Women with rounded nails may prefer rounded teeth, while those with square or pointed nails may opt for a similar shape in teeth, or maybe even the exact opposite. It's definitely a matter of choice," says Berland.

It seems only fitting that dentists benefit from beauty industry practices when, after all, they helped to launch the nail industry. With most people looking forward to a visit to the dentist about as much as an audit from the IRS, at least one forward-looking dentist is embracing the spa concept - complete with an on-staff massage therapist - to promote the pampering aspects of dentistry.

At the Dallas Dental Spa, the "dreaded dentist's visit" is transformed into an anticipated appointment with private treatment suites imbued with the calming scents of aromatherapy candles and the sounds of soothing music. Patients are further calmed and relaxed by licensed massage therapists who perform hand and foot reflexology using herbal lotions. After each appointment, patients of Lorin Berland, D.D.S., are invited into the aromatherapy room, where they can enjoy a jaw massage to relieve any stiffness, or a full, seated chair massage to relieve any lingering tension.