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Thursday, February 1, 2018

Why Is America Obsessed With Perfect Teeth? -- Science of Us

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Almost never do orthodontists hear from their patients requests to preserve — let alone create — any distinction: a playful front gap, say, or scraggly teeth. (The singer Jewel has written extensively about the pressure she’s felt to correct her smile, acknowledging she is “best known for having crooked teeth” and describing the experience of wearing prosthetics for a film role as “not that I felt prettier as much as I suddenly felt … normal.”) The goal is always uniformity, with no discernible gap or overlap; viewed from the slightest distance, the teeth should resemble a gleaming-white solid strip of plastic. When I asked Burris what differentiates his smile, he cited a devotion to absolute straightness. “It’s the very upright, very visible torque on the upper incisors.”
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