As people age, its funny how the little things mean so much more.
Bear with me while I explain.
Consider a healthy, happy, buxom 20-year-old with slightly crooked teeth. He or she goes to college, perhaps plays sports. And if they are like my college-age kids, they smile a lot. Yet you barely notice that third tooth on the right that is slightly askew.
Fast forward 10 or 15 years, and the now 30-something-year old is a professional, working for a big company. She might be on the fast track to management. Or he might be a top notch sale rep. Both are wearing suits every day and meeting, shaking hands with new people and greeting them with a smile. But now that slightly crooked third tooth begins to mean much more than it did in college. Today it has probably turned a few more degrees outward and may also be a little discolored because it is more difficult to brush. But it may suggest to powers that be that he or she is not quite as polished as the next man or woman with the perfectly-straight smile.
Certainly, this may sound like an extreme example. But the truth is that for more than 50 percent of people, your smile is the first thing they notice.
Dr. Charles Martin and Team