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Smile Simulation — the consultation tool

A Smile Simulation is a conversation tool, not a marketing one. Upload the patient’s current photo, describe the treatment you’re proposing, and the studio projects a realistic, conservative idea of how their smile could look — something to look at together across the consultation desk.

Every simulation is permanently stamped “Simulated result — not an actual patient outcome” right in the image, in two places. That stamp can’t be removed, and a simulation can never be posted, scheduled, or used as marketing anywhere in the studio. It is exactly what it says it is: an idea, clearly labeled as one.

How to use it

  1. Open Before & After → Simulation.
  2. Upload the patient’s current photo and choose the patient.
  3. Describe the proposed treatment in plain words — for example, “close the gap between the upper front teeth and even out the edges”.
  4. Press Simulate. The projection appears with its watermark already baked in, ready to discuss.
Why it’s locked out of marketing

Presenting a computer projection as a real patient outcome is exactly the kind of claim that advertising regulators and the FTC treat as deceptive. Keeping simulations watermarked and unpublishable protects the patient’s trust and your license — the tool stays useful precisely because it can’t be misused.

Worked example

During a consultation, a patient asks what closing the gap in her front teeth might look like. The dentist takes a quick photo, opens Simulation, types the treatment in a sentence, and within a minute they’re both looking at a realistic projection on the screen — watermark and all. It makes the conversation concrete. When the patient later agrees to treatment and a real result exists, that genuine before-and-after goes in the Smile Gallery; the simulation never leaves the consult room.