One of the things that people notice and thereby take for granted is how prominent American personalities, actors, and politicians invariably have great smiles. Indeed, it is so commonplace to see these nice smiles, that we consider it routine that those who we watch on television will always have a very pleasing smile, which is why we are somewhat taken aback whenever we see a smile that does not measure up to being pearly white and straight. This thus seems to be the American way, but what isn’t taken into consideration so much, is that not all those smiles represent teeth that are healthy, for Americans are prone to using veneers to cover over their real teeth, along with also utilizing chemicals to color their teeth to what appears to be an unnatural whiteness, that even the healthiest of teeth cannot accomplish on their own. In other words, not all those with beautiful pearly whites, actually have healthy teeth, but apparently, that doesn’t matter so much, as it is the look that counts, above all.
That said, there can be some obvious positives to seeing so many great smiles in the sense that it encourages people to take better care of their teeth by visiting and thereby utilizing a dentist or orthodontist, and developing therefore good oral care of one’s teeth. Then again, there can be a serious problem for those people who desire to have the same sort of smile that starlets have, in which, the way that their teeth align or the mouth space that they have does not permit such – in addition to the fact that the usage of artificial chemicals to achieve unnatural whiteness could be damaging to the enamel of one’s teeth. Also, there are plenty of people who don’t have the funds to do much about their teeth, not only because they can’t afford periodical dental visits, but further to the point they can’t afford orthodontics, as well, leading these people to feel that because they lack that perfect smile, they are somehow, lesser for it.
Therefore, when it comes to dental care, this country should on a very practical level do more to assure that those who are the most disadvantaged have the opportunity to at a minimum, get appropriate dental care, so that they, therefore, have a much better chance of being able to maintain their teeth, through the timely care of dentists to properly address dental cavities and periodontal disease, so that good dental health can be maintained, or at least, not made worse, through the inattention to these things.
Indeed, not all that glitters is gold, and not every smile, no matter how good it might look, is a true reflection that the teeth are good and healthy, which is why America needs to concentrate far more on seeing that as many of its citizens have healthy teeth, and concentrate far less on artificial looks that people aspire to have, but aren’t either realistic to have, or aren’t actually good or healthy for one’s teeth. This is why, good dental care, for all, should be an American priority, and leave the illusion of good teeth, to those that feel that they need such.