It was Mother Teresa who said that we should “always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.” And when that love leads to popping the question or saying: “I do,” a smile is the soul saying yes. With this feature having so much impact in our lives, it is worth asking: does your smile make you smile? 

For Dr. Steven Davidowitz, of Luxury Dentistry NYC, smiles are a calling. He is New York’s leading cosmetic dentist and expert in smile design and smile veneer makeovers. Dr. D. explains that “cosmetic dentistry is part art, part restoration or rehabilitation. Using modern materials and equipment I improve the aesthetics of your smile.” 

These improvements include everything from general dentistry to teeth whitening to teeth straightening to a full smile makeover. Dr. D. takes great care in getting to know his patients because a smile has to ‘work’ both physiologically, as much as it must align psychologically. Your smile is an extension of your personality, and he takes a long time understanding who you are in order to design a smile that conveys that person. “I have always had an artistic side. And I have also always loved science, so dentistry made it possible for me to work with my hands and be in medicine, helping people.” 

But Dr. D. is also helping the profession. His Mod Mouth alignment system was designed by dentists for dentists. It was designed to improve both a patient’s general dental health, as well as align their teeth in a manner that is faster and more accessible than other teeth alignment systems. That said, his practice is an Elite Invisalign provider among only 3% of providers across the country.

For Dr. D. the best time in a person’s life to want to perfect their smile, “is around their engagement and wedding.” So, spending time consulting with him anywhere from 2-4 months ahead of popping the question or walking down the aisle is ideal. This gives him the most time to undergo any general dentistry requirements for your specific cosmetic dentistry requests. But of course, every patient is his own person on his own ‘smile timeline,’ so it never hurts to begin your relationship with Dr. D. early! 

In addition to his talents as an artist and skills as a doctor, Dr. D. has the ‘gift of gab,’ from which he is able to really draw out what a person is all about and how to convey that through their smile. But he goes many steps further sharing a perspective on how patients can live even more fully into their better selves. This based on an on-air talk show series he executive produced and hosts in New York called, “Your Best Self”. Dr. D. could be described as dentist, artist, and guru! 

And you can add author to his many lists of accomplishments, as Dr. D. is the author of two books. Smile, which he co-authored with others specialized in the making your smile shine. His chapter is on porcelain veneers. The second book, The Power of Transformation: How Changing Your Smile Can Change Your Life, is your guide to designing the smile of your dreams, having met the man of your dreams. 

Dr. D. is especially drawn to engagements and weddings because he wants his patients to have “the smile they’re going to carry forth in their relationship. This smile is about them in this new phase of life. Further, this new phase of life is about them becoming fully expressed alongside the person they’ve found to live life with together. With the best smile.”

If the smile actually is the beginning of love, then there is no one better with whom to design a new smile than Dr. Steven Davidowitz.