How Important Are My Teeth?

Fair question to ask, no? After all, everyone usually has a different answer to this. Some people are happy with performing the minimum required of oral hygiene and just brushing their teeth normally. Others are a bit different – they insist on brushing, flossing, mouthwashing as often as they can in order for their breath to be minty-fresh and their teeth to epitomize the utopian quality of “pearly white”. People are having an increasingly tough time trying to determine the “standard”, the “convention”, and the appropriations of the ‘average’ of how much and how often to maintain your teeth on a daily basis. This is an especially difficult question just because our world is filled with so many different opinions and views on what is the “right” way of doing things. It would have been so much easier if there was a paradigm to follow. Instead, everything’s really muddled.

People have gotten tired of maintaining their teeth and have forgotten why their teeth are even that important to maintain carefully, both persistently and consistently. Here’s a little reminder as to why those pearly whites are crucial for both you and your body.

First and foremost, you use them to eat. From chewing to slurping to biting to gnawing, your teeth are useful for performing the most basic instinct of humans – eating to survive. Without a proper set of fully-functioning teeth, this task would be completely out of the question.

Along with the basic task of eating, there are other benefits provided by a full set of pearly whites. Take this situation – suppose you just got yourself an awesome job downtown working for one of the big investment banks. You purchased a new set of shoes, did your hair over and over again to get that corporate look that is so desired in our current business world, and wore your new suit. When you get to the office, you spot your manager and you flash them a big smile. Then you notice that they immediately look really dismayed. Why is this? Because of your smile! If you don’t have a proper smile, then creating the important first and lasting impression will be extremely difficult. Think about it – if you go into the corporate world and can’t make good first impressions, then it will be impossible to climb up the corporate ladder and progress to become more and more successful.

If you do have serious dental problems though, it’s not a bad thing at all to visit your dentist. Whether you go to a Toronto dentist or a Vancouver dentist, the result will be the same – your smile will be rejuvenated. My suggestion to those who really do care about their teeth and how it looks to them – visit your local cosmetic dentist and see what services they can offer you. Remember – taking the precautionary but proactive approach is always the best one!