Streets ahead…

The actress not only walked away with the Best Soap Actress award for playing Weatherfield’s distressed businesswoman Carla Connor, but also had a gleaming IPS e.max smile to match her dazzling outfit.

Blaming her thumb sucking habit as a child for needing six teeth crowned ten years ago at a London dental practice, former dental nurse Alison wasn’t left with the smile she deserved: “As an actress onscreen I’d began to notice how my top and bottom front teeth had been pushed into the middle where my thumb had been! The inside bottom four teeth around the gum line were much shorter than the rest of the teeth. It was during my time at drama school that I decided to undergo cosmetic surgery at a dental practice in London, however I wasn’t completely satisfied with the final result and always felt that there was room for improvement.”

It was Alison’s former colleagues, dentist John Hewitt, at City Centre Dental Practice, Manchester and dental technician, Jonathan Asquith from Dentechnica, Manchester, who came to the rescue. “The treatment Alison originally had did not address the aesthetics fully. Gingival contouring was not performed for initial surgery, leaving the aesthetic zone incomplete. We highlighted the improvements we could make to her smile and were delighted when she agreed.”exclaimed John.