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Smiling is the best kept secret in the beauty world. If you smile, you can make yourself look and feel a lot better. Your whole appearance is enhanced when you’ve got a great big smile on your face, and it provides plenty of health benefits too.

 

We’re not here to talk about how healthy a smile is, we’re here to talk about how you can improve yours. Some people don’t like smiling properly as they’re self-conscious about their teeth. So, they opt for a restricted tight-lipped smile that almost looks like a grimace. To help turn your smile around, you should consider some of these ideas:

Get Braces

Some people don’t like smiling because they hate the way their teeth look. They’ve got crooked teeth all over the place, and it makes them want to keep their lips firmly closed. Nothing will change this unless you see a dentist and get referred to an orthodontist for braces. They can help fit you with a pair that will sort your teeth out over the course of a few months. The timescale varies depending on how bad your teeth are, but the results are always the same. You end up with perfectly straight teeth that make you want to smile more and more each day.

Whiten Your Teeth

The color of your teeth can often be a source of self-consciousness for many. You might not see them as a bad color on their own, but it’s when you’re smiling in pictures next to others that it really becomes apparent. Thankfully, changing the color of your teeth isn’t that difficult, you just need to get your hands on the best teeth whitening kit you can afford. Generally speaking, the more expensive the kit, the better and more professional it will be. This means you can see faster results, and have some shining white teeth before you know it.

Floss Daily (Especially After Meals!)

Flossing is a really easy way of improving your smile. It helps keep your gums healthy, meaning you don’t feel conscious of the fact they’re red and puffy, which can happen to some people. At the extreme level, some people have bleeding gums, which is clearly never going to give you an incentive to smile more! But, flossing also helps get rid of pesky bits of food that are lingering between your teeth after meals. No one likes the feeling of something stuck in their teeth, you can feel it there with your tongue, but you can’t get it out. Next thing you know your friends have their phones out calling for a group selfie. You don’t want to smile and show that bit of food in your teeth, so you go for an uncomfortable toothless grimace once more. Floss daily, and after meals, and both these problems can be handled.

 

There we have it; three really simple tips that will help you smile with more confidence. Your teeth will be straighter, whiter, and cleaner! I bet you can’t wait to show them off to everyone and will be beaming in every photo.