So many adverts made by ‘western’ companies, especially anything related to toothpaste/other dental stuff, have the presenter smile with some uniform, white flat teeth. I feel like they look sort of uncanny, they just seem off-putting to me. Most people have decently flat teeth but they aren’t that fake-looking white. I have pointy canines/pre molars that definitely look completely different to the ‘perfect teeth’.
Everyone these days looks like Ross Geller from the episode where he left the bleach on his teeth overnight on accident. Back then it was a funny joke. Now it’s every single entertainer on the planet, and 80% of people who can afford it.
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 5 weeks 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.
vividspecter@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
The irony being that healthy teeth don’t look anywhere near that white.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Modern beauty standards have very little in common with health, or nature.
Ezek@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
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’
adespoton@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
“Perfect teeth” to me look an awful lot like bad dentures.
Give me a nude tooth any day.
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 5 weeks 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 5 weeks ago
I wanna know where you’re getting your dental insurance because this is 1000% not the case for me.
TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks 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.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Can confirm, my teeth hurt
JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 5 weeks 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.