{"id":1733,"date":"2014-05-14T13:08:58","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T13:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mikemalonedds.com\/blog1\/?p=1733"},"modified":"2019-08-07T19:09:31","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T19:09:31","slug":"can-smile-determine-social-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog1\/can-smile-determine-social-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Your Smile Determine Your Social Status?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More important than ever before is the answer!\u00a0 Good teeth are not only an indicator of attractiveness, but a sign of social (and economic) status &#8212; and possibly your way into a new job.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to a survey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2013\/02\/04\/singles-dating-attraction-facebook\/1878265\/\">USA Today<\/a> took of 5,500 single adults in the United States, the first factor both men and women judge in a potential partner is their teeth.\u00a0 Can you believe it?\u00a0 Good teeth are now considered a \u2018must have\u2019 for both men and women when it comes to dating in America.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But now the pressure to have \u2018good teeth\u2019 is reaching beyond the world of dating.\u00a0 \u00a0 Malcolm Gladwell, a writer and social scientist, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/gap-between-our-teeth-is-the-next-marker-of-social-division-hnrtjqlqlj7\">The Times<\/a> that it is obesity and teeth that are \u201cbecoming the new benchmark of inequality.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s true &#8212; there are certain stereotypes people make about someone based on their teeth:\u00a0 whether if they are lower or middle class, what ethnic background they may have, how much money they earn.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gladwell has determined a lower chance of success for those who suffer from obesity and bad teeth as they tend to be \u2018denied\u2019 certain \u2018entry-level\u2019 jobs (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2625094\/How-good-TEETH-new-sign-social-status-ticket-better-job.html\">DailyMail<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The problem here is primarily with stereotyping individuals who are overweight with poor dental health.\u00a0 People draw inferences from an overweight person: that they are lazy, gluttonous, depressed, unmotivated, etc.\u00a0 The same goes with those with bad teeth:\u00a0 lazy, un-hygienic, poor, etc.\u00a0 These assumptions are drawn based on the appearance of an individual are ones that will cause a potential employer to avoid hiring one great potential candidate over another candidate who is of a normal weight with a better looking smile.<\/p>\n<p>This rise in discrimination of people with bad teeth has raised some concerns of sociological inequality, especially in places like Britain where there is a large population of people who don\u2019t have access to dental healthcare.\u00a0 A poll conducted in England in 2013 by VisionCritical found that people assumed those with whiter teeth were wealthier; not only that, the survey found that people with whiter teeth were assumed to earn more than \u00a310,000 pounds than those with not as sightly smiles.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The VisionCritical survey also found that people with bright, white smiles were believed to be five years younger than they actually were.\u00a0 Also, their bright white smiles \u201cimproved their employment potential by 10 per cent, results showed\u201d according to t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2625094\/How-good-TEETH-new-sign-social-status-ticket-better-job.html\">he DailyMail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Britain where the standard of dental health is generally poor, the solution to this socio-economic inequality is not clear.\u00a0 In the US, with the rise of government healthcare, one can only hope this will become less of a problem for Americans in the future.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/about_doc_0211-e12864129926861.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-935\" src=\"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/about_doc_0211-e12864129926861-146x150.jpg\" alt=\"about_doc_\" width=\"146\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Dr. Mike Malone\u00a0and his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.camelliadds.com\/about_us.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">team<\/a>\u00a0practice expert cosmetic dentistry in Lafayette, LA. 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