Having a healthy smile that you’re proud of goes beyond giving you a beautiful and natural-looking appearance. The condition of your smile can have a profound effect on your emotional wellbeing, and it’s something patients ignore for many years.
Here are some of the ways in which having a healthy-looking set of teeth can boost your serotonin levels, and in turn, your emotional wellbeing.
A healthy-looking smile that conveys our true personality helps to display confidence in yourself, your abilities. It helps you give your authentic self to the world, helping you to cultivate good professional and personal relationships.
When we are unhappy with our teeth, it can impact greatly on our body language, which can risk giving someone the wrong impression or communication signals.
With your teeth restored to their natural state, your confidence will come through, and it can be infectious when attracting the right people into your life and communicating clearly in your daily interactions.
Smiling is proven to release neuropeptides, which fight off stress. Feel-good hormones including endorphins and serotonin are also released, making smiling a gateway to better wellbeing.
When your teeth aren’t how you’d like them to look, you’re unlikely to smile as much as you would like to – this is something our patients often tell us before they go ahead with cosmetic treatment to address the issue.
Behavioural scientists have carried out research concluding that we take less than a minute to judge new acquaintances.
A part of the first impressions we form is based on a person’s teeth and smile, which can convey many different emotions and personality traits.
When we meet someone who is reluctant to smile, this can create some instant distance, making us feel more guarded, or even apprehensive.
When we don’t like our teeth, it’s much less likely that we will brandish a big smile with new people, whether it’s on a date, at a job interview, or making new friends.
With teeth you feel proud of showing off, you are more likely to smile and less likely to cover your mouth when you speak. This adds up to making a better first impression with new people and feeling more confident when you do meet new people. Smile is a free medicine, we should have more of it to stay healthy, many people ignore this very basic yet extremely important aspect in their lives for various reasons, most common reasons include:
Dentistry is very advanced nowadays; we are fortunate to have innovative technology, digital tools which help achieve many procedures without pain and in the most cost-effective way.
On top of that cost of the treatment can also be spread over agreed time duration to make it easy for the patients to pay.
Visiting your dentist simply for a consultation (an informal chat) is the stepping stone to break those barriers. This is where you will be explore what is there is on offer you to alleviate the fears holding you back from achieving your dream smile.
The peace of mind that goes with having a smile that’s free from the flaws that used to ring around your head like a broken record goes an awful long way.
Overtime, you may not have realised how much you adjust your interactions and behaviours because of the condition of your teeth, and once you have undergone treatment, you will notice just how prominent this used to be.
We offer a range of cosmetic dental services to improve issues ranging from cracked and misshapen teeth, to discolouration and lack of symmetry across your smile.
Our dentists have cared for many patients who have struggled with emotional wellbeing issues as a result of their smile.
We offer a number of non and minimally-invasive cosmetic solutions to fix niggling imperfections with your teeth, and if you’re seeking a full smile makeover, we can spread your treatment across multiple visits if you wish.
Please get in touch with our lovely reception team, who can book you in for an appointment, and offer more information on the treatments we offer for smile restoration.
We look forward to working with you towards a new smile, and a more confident you!
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