The British are commonly known for bad teeth among their American cousins. Travelling back in film time to Mike Meyers’ portrayal of 1960s Brit Austin Powers, the vision of American repulsion at distorted, twisted and stained teeth says it all. To have a nice day, you must have a nice smile. It’s a symbol of good clean living and a wholesome and twee family upbringing. Gleaming white face pegs to greet you whether you are purchasing car insurance or a burger, and your own knights in shining enamel are needed to flash right back, just so it’s known you’re no armed robber.
Dental correction and teeth whitening is most commonly a cosmetic decision, an aspiration to be more beautiful than the next and keep up with the celebrity Jones’s. I’m thinking though that there is something more surreptitious at work. Maybe there is a fundamental psychological process in play when we have the desire to have perfect teeth; a social necessity for trust and happiness, harking back to days in the cave when verbal communication was not yet fully developed. The connotations of health and finding a good mate could be judged by the […]

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