Show me your teeth, will I tell you where you come from?
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Ultra-brite smile or yellowed teeth, perfect alignment or rebellious teeth, our quenottes say a lot about us and our social position © istock
By: Emmanuelle Bastide
50 mins
If good teeth are above all a question of health, no one is unaware of the importance of having beautiful teeth in our societies.
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Ultra-Brite smile or yellowed teeth, perfect alignment or rebellious teeth, our quenottes say a lot about us and our social position.
The cost of dental care and the aesthetics of the line up still take many of us away from the Hollywood smile.
In France, 41% of children of workers in third grade have at least one decayed tooth compared to 24% of children of executives, how can we ensure that our teeth no longer depend on our position in the social hierarchy?
Do other cultures have a different approach to dental aesthetics?
With:
Olivier Cyran
, independent journalist.
Author of
Sur les dents - What they say about us and the social war
(La Découverte editions)
and a report by
Claire Bargelès
in South Africa.
In 2019, our correspondent visited the streets of Cape Flats, the townships of Cape Town where it is common to see residents with a hole in place of the front teeth.
This trend, sometimes referred to as the “Cape Flats Smile,” is specific to this region and often seen as a form of beauty.
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