Tuesday, August 18, 2009

What Is In A Smile?


You couldn't attract a mate without an inviting smile. Your employment prospects would be rather limited too.

Traditionally dentists relied on the GOLDEN RATIO, a set of mathematical proportions that date back to the Egyptian pyramids. But some researches have questioned whether these proportions have any connection to the way real people react to smiles.

The size and visibility of teeth and upper lip position are probably the most predictive variable for smiles attractiveness. Women like to see expressive smiles in men. On the other hand, tooth color and visibility of gums correlated with the men's own satisfaction in their smiles.

According to a research done in Netherlands, after administering the DUTCH PERSONALITY INDEX QUESTIONNAIRE to over one hundred smiling military men, it was found that the less a man's gums showed, the more likely he was to be neurotic. The more his gums showed, the more likely he was to have high self-steem. Men with more visible teeth were more likely to feel dominant.

The personality traits are related to smile attributes. The kind of smile a person can make apparently helps to shape the person's self-image.

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