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health & beauty ║ Your Dental Health<br />
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Smile,<br />
it’s good for you!<br />
BY Craig Spodak, DMD, PA<br />
There are countless<br />
benefits to having a<br />
straight, healthy smile<br />
OVERVIEW<br />
Smiling is one of the easiest ways to boost<br />
your health, and is the gateway to your happiness<br />
and confidence. Americans spend<br />
trillions of dollars every year trying to boost<br />
health, focusing on supplements, the newest<br />
fitness routines, diets and health care,<br />
but don’t consider their smile in the mix.<br />
However, not everyone enjoys all the healthful<br />
benefits of a straight and vibrant smile if<br />
they’re embarrassed to smile.<br />
Eighty percent of Americans suffer from<br />
some level of malocclusion or imperfect position<br />
of the teeth when the jaws are closed.<br />
This crowding of the teeth not only leaves<br />
us embarrassed to smile, but often results<br />
in gum disease, decay, bone loss, and ultimately<br />
tooth loss. Once affected, these<br />
dental ailments will all prove to be both uncomfortable<br />
and costly. They can even have<br />
devastating ramifications for your overall<br />
health and wellbeing, contributing to a<br />
greater risk of systemic infection, heart disease,<br />
diabetes, low birth weight, and more.<br />
If this sounds like you or someone you<br />
know, don’t worry because there is help on<br />
the dental horizon.<br />
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BENEFITS OF SMILING<br />
Beyond the immediate health benefits of<br />
straighter teeth, there are many emotional<br />
and social benefits to flashing a bright, beautiful<br />
smile. Did you know smiling not only<br />
reduces stress but also lowers your heart<br />
rate? Or that smiling increases productivity,<br />
boosts your immune system, increases<br />
attention and makes you look younger? It<br />
is statistically proven that those who smile<br />
more feel better about their lives and circumstances.<br />
That’s because smiling releases<br />
chemicals in the brain that trigger a “happiness<br />
response” that not only builds a sense<br />
of confidence, optimism and satisfaction,<br />
but also helps to boost the immune system<br />
to perform better and protect us from harm.<br />
Additionally, people who smile freely are<br />
typically perceived as more approachable,<br />
more positive, and more trustworthy.<br />
Path TO ALIGNMENT<br />
Don’t hide your inner health, beauty and<br />
confidence behind pursed lips. Invisalign®<br />
is the newest option for people who strive<br />
for a straighter smile, and the benefits are<br />
easy to see. Unlike the unsightly, uncomfortable<br />
bands and wires of traditional braces,<br />
Invisalign® technology employs clear, comfortable,<br />
and removable aligners to gently<br />
and efficiently straighten your teeth, often<br />
within a fraction of the time and cost of traditional<br />
treatment. The removable aligners<br />
effectively treat a wide variety of cases including<br />
crowding, spacing, crossbite, overbite<br />
and underbite, all while allowing you<br />
the convenience of eating whatever foods<br />
you enjoy. Regardless of what stage you’re at<br />
in life, Invisalign® offers you more comfort,<br />
convenience and confidence while straightening<br />
your teeth, and has minimal interference<br />
on how you live. There are so many<br />
healthful benefits and empowering properties<br />
of straight, beautiful teeth, so contact<br />
your dentist today and start attaining the<br />
smile you deserve.<br />
Spodak Dental Group<br />
3911 West <strong>Atlantic</strong> <strong>Ave</strong>nue<br />
Delray Beach - 561-498-0050<br />
www.SpodakDental.com
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