To mark World Oral Health Day 2016 on Sunday 20 March, Starlight Dental Clinic wants to make sure everybody understands the enormous power that lies behind a smile.
So to help everyone understand the power of a smile we have put together some of our favorite facts about smiles:
- Charles Darwin was one of the first to really look at the power of a smile. He noted that smiling is truly universal, unlike other physical actions such as body language, or verbal communication, which differs from culture-to-culture, we all understand a smile and the feelings behind it.
- Have you ever been in a sour mood and then someone has come along with a huge smile, some laughter, or in a really good mood? Perhaps a baby that just looked up at you and smiled? How did this make you feel? When the person you are talking to or the people that surround you are smiling, you won’t be able to help but smile!
- A smile has special powers. You can calm fear, insecurity, hurt, and anxiety not only in yourself but in those that are experiencing those feelings. The next time someone is feeling sad, scared, nervous, whatever it may be, smile with them and see how this makes them feel!
- A smile can also benefit our professional life too. A smile is seen as friendly and trustworthy. Interviewers are likely to find candidates far more appealing if they go for a job interview with a smile on their face.
- Smiling is such a key ingredient for establishing healthy and genuine friendships. When someone is smiling at you it indicates that they like you. When someone likes you what do you think of them? Yep, normally you’re thinking “wow, I like this person!” Smiling also offers encouragement to the person that you are talking to. Let’s think about it! If someone is smiling at you while you are talking to them, you feel as though they are totally into what you are saying, encouraging you to keep going!
- It really is easier to smile too. I am sure you would have heard that it takes fewer muscles to smile than frown, this really is true 43 to frown and only 17 to smile!
World Oral Health Day is an excellent opportunity to let you know about the power of a smile. And this is the chance to discuss how important vitally oral health can be to our confidence, happiness and health.
You may have heard recent press about the number of children with oral health problems. New statistics revealed more than 33,000 children were admitted to the hospital for tooth extractions under general anesthetic in the last year alone.
We cannot let poor oral health stop our children from smiling!
It’s important that we are all aware of the correct way to look after our oral health to make sure maintain our smiles.
Looking after our smile should be quite simple if you make sure you follow these simple steps:
- Brush your teeth last thing at night and on at least one other occasion with fluoride toothpaste.
- Cut down on how often you have sugary foods and drinks.
- Visit your dentist regularly, as often as they recommend.
- Consider a crown or other dental treatments.
- Know the signs of gum disease.
- Avoid smoking.
- Taking care of what you eat and drink.
- Try whitening toothpaste.
Try to share a smile, not just on World Oral Health Day but every day, and bring a bit of happiness to those around you.
World Oral Health Day is celebrated every year on 20 March. It is an international day to celebrate the benefits of a healthy mouth and to promote worldwide awareness of the issues around oral health and the importance of oral hygiene to looking after everyone old and young.
It is a day for us to have fun – this should be a day full of activities that make us laugh, sing and smile!
