March 20 is the International Day of Happiness, proclaimed in 2012. The presence (or absence) of a smile on the face is one of the key indicators of how happy a person feels. It is difficult to sincerely enjoy life with a gloomy face.
At the same time, the ability to smile beautifully not only helps you look better in photographs, but also changes the tone of your speech. Radio DJs know this - they always smile when speaking into the microphone. At the same time, learning to smile is not so difficult - the main thing is to regularly practice this habit.
Correct smile - theory and practice
A beautiful smile is a relaxed face, happy eyes and the correct width of mouth opening. Remember that the bottom row of teeth should never be visible when smiling, otherwise it will be perceived as an aggressive grin. With a proper smile, teeth need to be shown only partially - in fact, only the center of the top row.
To learn how to smile beautifully, practice in front of a mirror. Relax your face, then smile to show the top six middle teeth (the bottom row is covered by your lip). If your face looks tense, relax your tongue and lightly bite (rather press) the tip between the center of your teeth. Smile a little wider, showing your side teeth as well.
How to smile in a photograph?
The secret to a beautiful smile is regular practice. Having caught the eye of a random person on the street, Americans and Europeans first smile (this is the main sign of good intentions), and only then say hello. The absence of a smile is perceived as an indicator of aloofness and even rudeness.
Maintaining such a “mini-smile” trains the facial muscles, making them more mobile. If you try to squeeze out a smile from time to time, it is not surprising that you do not like the result at all. In order to smile correctly, you need to do it constantly.
How to smile with your eyes?
A proper smile means relaxed facial muscles. Your face should not indicate that you are tense, trying to “pull” a happy emotion onto yourself. One of the ways to relax your face is to touch the back surface of your front teeth with the tip of your tongue - this is what the Hollywood smile technique is based on.
How to make your smile wider?
If your bottom row of teeth is irregularly shaped, you must learn to smile in a way that partially hides them. It is extremely important to show the surface of the upper row of teeth while relaxing your face and trying to smile sincerely with your eyes.
Remember also that the width of a smile largely depends on the shape of the lips. Unless you have very large lips, an overly stretched and wide smile will create an impression of tension and anxiety. You need to learn to smile so that the canines of the upper row of teeth only lightly touch the lower lip - but are not completely exposed.
Beautiful smile and face type
A smile can change the visual perception of the shape of the face and skull in the same way that a haircut changes a woman's face or a beard changes a man's face. For example, people with a long face are advised to focus on the vertical aspect of their teeth and not smile too widely or too openly - this will not be read as a beautiful smile, but as an indicator of aggression.
For those with square and round faces, a wide smile, on the contrary, will help make the face visually more oval and “correct” - while a smile with a closed mouth will create the impression of modesty. In turn, for people with an oval face type, both a modest smile with a closed mouth and a wide Hollywood smile are suitable.
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The Hollywood smile is not just a wide-open mouth, but the ability to smile with your whole face. In fact, a correct and beautiful smile is a combination of joyful and calm eyes with moderate tension of the facial muscles, allowing only the upper row of teeth to show. In order to learn to smile, it is important to practice.
Dental question: show or hide
If everything is fine with your teeth, then there is absolutely no point in hiding them, holding back joyful emotions. It has been proven that a person who laughs at least 30 minutes a day improves immunity by 85% and increases resistance to various diseases. How to learn to smile beautifully with teeth?
- Don't expose your gums when laughing.
- Don't open your mouth too wide.
- Keep your mouth clean, regularly whiten your teeth at home or undergo special cleanings at the dentist.
Only people with perfect teeth can smile from ear to ear. You can carry out comprehensive oral hygiene and teeth whitening at Dentistry in Moscow.
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If you have been wanting to go to the dentist for a long time, then try to master a smiling technique that does not require showing your teeth. How to smile beautifully if you have crooked teeth? Defects can be hidden by opening the mouth only partially. In addition, the closed “Giaconda smile” will add zest to the image, hinting at the mystery of nature. A smile without teeth is much more aesthetically pleasing than exposing black stumps left over from dental units.
Beauty “Smile with your teeth”: Women talk about how they stopped being ashamed of their teeth
We went to another surgeon. He said it was possible to make false teeth using a ceramic base. His words surprised me very much, and then I heard the price and was completely stunned. The cost started at three hundred thousand, we didn’t have that kind of money. After some time, we went to visit relatives in Germany. Mom’s aunt is a dentist, she has her own clinic. She decided to take on my teeth, and over the past two years I have flown to Germany several times to have them examined. I was prescribed mouth guards, these transparent plates that had to be worn for two weeks and then changed. At first it was very painful, I couldn’t eat, I sat with ice in my mouth. The aligners wore out quickly because I was itching, everything was itching and I was rubbing them all the time. In addition, they had to be removed while eating, which again put me in an awkward position: everyone asked what was wrong with my teeth. Unlike the plates, the trays were transparent, and they did not pour white base into the places where I had no teeth. It turned out that I was just drooling in these places... I hope it wasn’t noticeable! Once I tried to eat yellow candy in mouth guards. Naturally, they turned yellow, they had to be changed ahead of schedule, and I was at summer camp at the time. Only in winter I was able to fly to Germany. Aunt looked at my teeth and was very upset. She allocated funds for treatment herself, for which I thank her very much. We wouldn't have pulled it off. I had to make a new series of caps. And because of my own mistake, I wore them longer than I should have. This time they made me aligners without transparent walls; the gaps in the teeth were clearly visible. When I looked at myself in the mirror for the first time, I burst into tears. Plus they cut my frenulum to correct my bite, and I had stitches. The last stage of treatment began a year ago. They gave me an iron plate that covered the gaps. And you could eat in it! And I only put the mouth guard on my lower teeth at night, but the lower teeth didn’t bother me at all. My attitude towards teeth has definitely changed, because I see a lot of people with the same problems and feel less complex. I used to think that there was only one like this in the whole world. That no one will ever love me. Now I feel comfortable both with and without the record. My friends helped me - they didn’t joke with me, didn’t point out my teeth, and treated me with understanding. I can talk and laugh calmly. And if someone says: “Ugh, ugly!” - I'll send him to hell. Now I already know that all people are different, and I am not offended by evil words. Someone faced the same problem as me, but did not worry. Some were worried, but got over it. I am inspired by other people's experiences. I would stop treatment if everything had to be paid for by me or my family. But since I have the opportunity to do this for free, I don’t want to neglect it. The main thing is that I feel comfortable in any case.
Exercises for a beautiful smile
Yes! And you can train your smile too! After all, muscles also work here, the same red fibers that make the cubes on your stomach, biceps, triceps, and so on.
These exercises must be done systematically to get good results:
- In front of the mirror, determine which facial expression gives you the most beautiful smile. Hold it for 10 seconds, then relax your face. Return to the smiling expression for another 10 seconds, then relax. Do this 7-10 times.
- Purse your lips tightly, then stretch them forward, as if you decided to express everything to a nasty person from the distant past. Do this up to 15 times. Here we are working on lip flexibility.
- Take in as much air as your lungs can, exhale gradually through tightly compressed lips. Repeat 20 times. Here we work on the flexibility and symmetry of the lips.
- If the bottom row of teeth is a little weak, try to hide them a little behind a happy smile. Smile “from ear to ear”, then return your lips to the ideal position and hold. Relax your face, then repeat the same thing again. Here we are working on the topic of how to make your smile wider.
- Close your lips tightly, stretch them forward, and try to draw the number “eight” in the air with your lips. Then relax. Repeat up to 5 times.
- Smile really, really hard. Then relax. Repeat this 10 times.
You will definitely succeed and in the photo your smile will shine with new colors!
