If you think that straightening and whitening your teeth is enough to become the owner of a Hollywood smile, we will have to disappoint you a little. The tone of a smile, and the whole face, is set not only and not so much by the teeth, but by their bite and jaw structure. We asked a dentist to explain how it works, and to explain it on his fingers (that is, on his teeth), using the stars as visual examples.
Diana Oganesyan, dentist, orthodontist
Vanessa Paradis
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47-year-old Vanessa Paradis has never been embarrassed by the gap between her teeth. On the contrary, the diastema helped the actress receive many lucrative contracts. The Chanel fashion house, together with the Colette boutique, has released a limited edition of brooches in the shape of Vanessa’s slightly open mouth.
Some girls even came to the dentist's office asking for the same gap to be made.
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Victoria Beckham
Victoria Beckham, photo: Getty Images
Style icon and celebrity trendsetter. This is how we perceive Victoria Beckham. But there are those few who remember the girl from her work in the Spice Girls group, when the star had only to smile and the whole impression immediately collapsed.
The peppercorn's teeth were of different lengths. But the girl didn’t worry for long, she turned to a good clinic - and voila! Where necessary, they filed, where necessary, bleached. Miracles of dentistry.
Kirsten Dunst
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At the age of 12, Kirsten Dunst starred in the thriller Interview with the Vampire. The actress did not need to wear fake fangs, she had her own. Filming ended, but Kirsten did not correct the defect. The star’s enamel has also noticeably darkened, but this also doesn’t bother her much.
Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise in the movie "Cast Away", photo: still from the movie "Cast Away"
Remember the movie "Cast Away"? A young guy with a strange smile and creepy teeth, wearing sleeveless denim. Who would have guessed that this was a future eligible Hollywood groom?!
Cruz does not hide the fact that he spent a lot of money on dentist services. But now his snow-white smile is reflected in the cameras and blinds women.
Katy Perry
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Unlike her colleagues, Katy Perry doesn’t like her smile, but she’s not going to change it either. According to the star, only children should wear braces.
These teeth are the poison of my beauty. I would like them to be perfect. And they are so crooked, as if they were not teeth, but rocky mountains,” Katie said self-critically in an interview.
Russian
Among the representatives of domestic show business there are also famous people who are distinguished by a smile that is far from beauty standards.
- Alexander Ovechkin. The hockey player, who had previously shocked everyone with his brutality, emphasized this character trait by the absence of a front tooth, which he lost in one of the matches. Ovechkin refused to build a new one and now walks around with a “holey” smile. Such an unattractive appearance did not prevent him from continuing to achieve considerable heights in sports, as well as from finding his beloved.
- Dmitry Dibrov. The famous TV presenter is afraid of dentists and has not visited them for quite some time. This caused the appearance of not only yellow discoloration on the teeth, but also stones that are already visible to the naked eye.
- Maria Tsigal. She is also called the Russian Vanessa Paradis, because just like this singer, Maria also has a diastema, which she really likes.
- Alla Pugacheva. The Russian pop diva in her youth had crooked and yellow teeth, which did not in any way affect her creative career. Therefore, Alla Borisovna began visiting the dentist at an advanced age, when health problems began.
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The photos in our selection show that there are quite a lot of celebrities with bad teeth. But the imperfect condition of the oral cavity does not prevent them from remaining in demand in show business and receiving millions in fees.
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Kate Middleton
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The Duchess of Cambridge is adored all over the world, although her appearance is far from the generally accepted ideal. Kate Middleton has an overbite that causes her chin to protrude. The duchess did not dare to undergo serious interventions, but experts say that Prince William’s wife probably had veneers.
Gummy smile
A gummy smile is an anatomical feature in which the upper gum is visible when smiling. It does not threaten dental health at all. But if a gummy smile is embarrassing from an aesthetic point of view, then this can be corrected.
If the gum is visible by 2-3 mm, to eliminate the imperfection it is enough to perform plastic surgery of the frenulum of the upper lip or inject a special gel. If it is more than 4–5 mm, surgical methods of correction at the level of bone tissue will be needed. However, Natalie Portman, Gwen Stefani and Miley Cyrus chose to leave everything as it is.
Natalie Portman
Miley Cyrus
Gwen Stefani
When are large teeth normal, and when are they pathological?
Large teeth in most cases are a natural phenomenon caused by genetic factors. A child may inherit elongated crowns from one parent and a small jaw from the other, causing his or her smile to appear disproportionate. Often tall people have huge teeth, and this is absolutely normal. Do not forget the fact that large molars are more common in children than in adults, since the enamel tends to wear away over the years.
When the size of the teeth does not cause any trouble, except for subjective aesthetic sensations, and does not entail displacement, torsion, retention (delayed eruption) of adjacent teeth, speech defects and other problems, we can speak of the norm. Be that as it may, only a doctor can determine the presence of pathology after examination and diagnosis. It includes radiography, tomography of the upper and lower jaw systems, taking impressions, electromyography and some other procedures.
The phenomenon in which a person has abnormally large molars is called macrodentia. It is hereditary and occurs, as a rule, due to the fusion of neighboring follicles. Macrodentia manifests itself both during the eruption of baby teeth and when they are replaced by permanent teeth, so large teeth in a preschool child are a signal to show him to the dentist.
Big teeth or not: how to determine?
The normal physiological size of teeth has clear boundaries. The central upper incisors, which most often seem too large to their owners, should be from 9 to 13 millimeters in length in an adult, depending on height. The lateral incisors are usually 2 millimeters shorter. As for the ratio of the width and height of the dental crown, ideally it is 1.25%, and the lower this figure, the larger the teeth are considered. However, do not panic if your parameters differ from ideal ones: macrodentia is diagnosed when the size of the teeth exceeds the norm by at least 1.5 times.
Macrodentia can be absolute or relative (individual). The absolute sum of the width of the crowns of the four upper incisors reaches 35 millimeters, and the lower ones – 27 millimeters. If this number is 1 - 2 millimeters less, then the pathology is relative.
Madonna
The pop icon has always played by her own rules. When in 2014 she decided to put gold aligners on all her front teeth, no one was particularly surprised. “Yes, gold teeth... It pisses everyone off, and that’s why I wear them,” the singer proudly declared. Although the extravagant image was soon replaced by another, Madonna's radiant smile, which perfectly matched her expensive jewelry, will be remembered forever.
Madonna's scary teeth
Charlie Sheen
Another fan of gold teeth is actor Charlie Sheen. True, metal mouthguards became not just part of the image in his case. According to The Sun, the actor lost a couple of teeth during a stormy party, and gold crowns became the fastest and most inexpensive solution. "I don't care. Let other people worry about this,” said the star of the series “Two and a Half Men.”
Charlie Sheen smile
Braces brands that combine beauty and quality
Among the large assortment of brace systems, the best in terms of beauty and quality can be noted:
- Inspire ICE Ormco – small sapphire overlays with high transparency;
- Radiance American Orthodontics – ceramic ligature clasps;
- Spirit MB Ormco – plastic ligature overlays;
- Miso HT Corporation - miniature sapphire staples;
- Elan – self-ligating plastic locks with a metal base;
- In-Ovation L are metal lingual systems that are installed from the inside of the tooth.
On a note!
Ordinary metal overlays can also become original if you use colored ligatures for them.
Johnny Depp
Before filming the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Johnny Depp wanted to decorate his teeth with gold caps - this would make it easier for him to take on the role of a sea robber. The producers of the film even had to ask the actor to remove some of the pads, as the actor clearly overdid it. After his high-profile breakup with Amber Heard, the actor smiles less often – and rightly so: even without gold caps, his teeth don’t look their best.
Johnny Depp and his gold teeth
