Even so, some people take it way too far with things like veneers. & to be honest, as long as they’re mostly straight, natural teeth don’t even look that bad. In my opinion it’s definitely better than the so-called ‘perfect teeth’
Comment on why do most celebrities/influencers & some normal people have those fake-looking teeth?
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 5 days ago
In the US I think it’s (conventionally) considered attractive because most people can’t afford even decent dental care. So if you have good teeth it’s sort of a sign of wealth, if that makes any sense.
Ezek@sopuli.xyz 5 days ago
adespoton@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
“Perfect teeth” to me look an awful lot like bad dentures.
Give me a nude tooth any day.
EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
“nude tooth”
What?
adespoton@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
Not painted or bleached… just its natural “off-white”.
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Eh, dental care insurance is some of the cheapest insurance out there in the US. It’s easily affordable if you’re working full time. Whitening isn’t that expense either.
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I wanna know where you’re getting your dental insurance because this is 1000% not the case for me.
skeezix@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Try Jake’s Dental Insurance. Highly affordable .
Shapillon@lemmy.world 4 days ago
It’s crazy that you need dedicated dental insurance.
TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
It’s really weird to make a blanket statement like that because different people have very different salaries and expenses. Especially in reference to the US where these things heavily depend on the state a person resides in.
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I’ll admit it’s based on my limited experience. And I have zero union benefit experience.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Can confirm, my teeth hurt
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 4 days ago
By bottom row of teeth are super crowded in the front. One little bastard in particular overlaps another tooth just a tiny bit, which leads to some really annoying pain that i can’t really do anything about.
vividspecter@lemm.ee 5 days ago
The irony being that healthy teeth don’t look anywhere near that white.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Modern beauty standards have very little in common with health, or nature.
BlitzoTheOisSilent@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Seriously, look at the beauty standards and treatments of the Victorian era.
Women would squeeze citric acid in their eyes because they believe it cleaned them and whitened them, and the burning sensation was just the germs being cleaned.
borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
This is how I’ve always felt about hydrogen peroxide, even though people now say it does more harm than good? So I guess I get it.