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Three Ways Wearing Fixed Braces Could Unlock Whole New Levels in the Game of Life
Making Your Mouth Extra!
Wearing fixed braces? Research suggests it’s a great life decision!
Let’s count the blessings of braces
You talk with it, eat with it, smile with it, emote with it, and, in braces, you’ve never been more aware of it – your mouth. It’s the site of your dental and oral health. But there’s plenty of research to suggest your mouth, smile and teeth could be even more positively significant to your life than you thought, especially after orthodontic correction.
Straight teeth and self-esteem, positive relationships, job success, the list goes on
A mouth’s more than just a cakehole!
It’s our entry point for getting fuel into our body, so of course it’s crucial to our physical health, but, did you know, our mouths, smiles and teeth can dictate a whole other caboodle of aspects of our lives that help us to live well, from the way people react to us, through our physical and mental health to the way we feel about ourselves?
There’s evidence to support these life factors, too.
One: Unlocking your right to feel happy
Self-esteem helps you to stay motivated and feel good about yourself. Achieving your glow-up smile through fixed braces might unlock extra confidence in your right to be happy, to feel deserving of expressing your needs and wants and to enjoying the fruits of your efforts.
A post brace smile can boost your self-esteem as suggested by this journal article. During extended interview with teens who’d worn braces and had smiles to celebrate, they told interviewers:
- “I can’t think of how to put this the right way but … I’m more comfortable with how I look now.”
- “I smiled normally amongst people … I would always just do the no teeth smiles … it probably just added to my confidence.”
Music to our ears! Don’t forget that to keep your smile straight, you need to wear a removeable retainer and keep it in tiptop shape. Switch up from a Fixed Brace Daily Care Kit to a Retainer Care Kit when it’s time for you to uncouple from your brackets.
Two: Unlocking life transitions more easily
Out of braces, we reckon you’ll love your smile even more. You might find that your increased satisfaction with the way your teeth look could help ease you into the social aspects of that new phase of your life.
It could be, when you make big life transitions, such as starting a new stage in your education or training – starting college or university or beginning a new career – loving showing your new smile will serve you well. More smiling could build more friendships. Being more at ease with how your teeth look means you smile more, sending positive and friendly signals.
In a new setting, you're making new social connections. In those first few seconds of meeting, we look at each other’s mouths as focal points in getting to know each other.
After your brace, we’re sure you won’t feel self-conscious about your mouth in social situations. No need to avoid smiling at all. Hello, world!
Bring all the dazzle once your brace comes off and choose a subscription to a Retainer Complete Care Kit and you’ll enjoy the benefits of a hygienic retainer to keep those pearly whites in place as you sleep by night, and, by day, show off your ding as you use VITIS Whitening Toothpaste and VITIS Whitening Mouthwash.
- Polish teeth to their natural brightness
- Restore and protect tooth enamel with hydroxyapatite
- Banish food stains
- Say toodle-oo to sensitivity
Three: Unlocking your potential to be a whizz in the workplace
Orthodontics correct crooked teeth and our bite. Marvellous! But once we’ve earned that straighter smile, it might even open doors in the future workplace. What if, once you’ve got the smile, people looking to hire you for a job read your dazzling smile as confidence and they percieve you’ll be a success?
Presenting as confident in the world, and having people have faith in your abilities is a great power duo to have on your side when you’re sitting in the interviewee’s chair, right?
We’ll take a great big bite of that, thank you very much!
Once you’ve secured the position, don’t forget to take your toothbrush to work with you – no point in nailing the position then smiling with spinach in your gnashers!
Bag your Orthodontic Travel Kit and keep up the good work now. Toothbrush? Check. Toothpaste. Check. Mouthwash? You bet. Interdental brushes? Absolutely. Orthodontic wax. We think you know the answer to that!
Keep going with that brace brushing and mouthwashing: the future is bright!
Happier, Easier, Whizzier? It seems so!
It won’t be so long now before you’re bracket and brace free and there’s a whole world waiting to experience your new smile, not least you!
In the meantime, you know our Healthy Smile Pharmacy watchwords: keep brushing!
Further reading
Stojilković, M., Gušić, I., Berić, J. et al. Evaluating the influence of dental aesthetics on psychosocial well-being and self-esteem among students of the University of Novi Sad, Serbia: a cross-sectional study. BMC Oral Health 24, 277 (2024)
