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4 Ways A Great Smile
Can Improve Your Life
We’ve all heard that you can’t judge a book by its cover, but the truth is we sometimes make quick judgments about people based on appearance.
One of the first things we see when meeting someone is their smile, and research shows that owning a pleasing smile can significantly influence a person’s life – from their self-esteem to job prospects and even romance.
“A smile is the gateway to your personality, and it also creates an immediate and often lasting perception,” says Steven J. Moravec (www.stevemortho.com), an orthodontist and author of Going The Extra Smile: Merging Technology And Expertise For A Lifetime Of Smiles.
“One of the most universal biases is toward pleasant-looking people. Those who smile easily and confidently are often perceived as happier, smarter, and healthier than those with misaligned teeth, who aren’t as comfortable smiling.”
Moravec says there are a number of ways having a consistent smile can improve a person’s life, including:
A boost in self-confidence. “Straight teeth are the physical foundation for a smile, which brings confidence personally and professionally,” Moravec says. An Invisalign-Harris Poll survey found 92 percent of adults who straightened their teeth said doing so had been good for their confidence. “Smiling also elevates your mood with the release of endorphins in your brain and creates an overall sense of well-being,” Moravec says.
Economic benefits. Crooked teeth can be a disadvantage when competing for a job with someone whose smile reveals straight teeth. Most Americans believe the latter person is more likely to get that job even if the skill sets and experience levels are similar. “Your smile is an investment that will increase in value through the years,” Moravec says.
Enhanced social life. When it comes to attracting a possible mate on a dating site, those with a nice smile and straight teeth are seen as more likely than those with crooked teeth to get a date based on their picture. “Whether a person’s smile and teeth are straight or crooked can have a significant impact on his or her romantic success,” Moravec says. “Teeth play a major role in attractiveness, which also implies good hygiene, personal pride, and by extension a more together person.”
Overall health improvement. “Straight teeth are easier to clean,” Moravec says. “You can keep tartar at bay and prevent cavities easier than if you are dealing with overlapping teeth or wide gaps. And because you can control tartar better, this is huge for overall health, because then you can prevent gym or periodontal disease, which has been linked with heart disease, strokes and other chronic conditions.” Also, Moravec notes that realigned teeth and a repositioned bite can help people who have sleep apnea.
“We often take our smile for granted,” Moravec says. “But it’s a gift that leads to many good things in life.”
About Steven J. Moravec, DDS, MS, MA
Steven J. Moravec (www.stevemortho.com) is the owner of Moravec Orthodontics and the author of Going The Extra Smile: Merging Technology And Expertise For A Lifetime Of Smiles. He graduated from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry and earned an MS in Orthodontics at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He’s a state-licensed Specialist in Orthodontics and a guest lecturer for the University of Illinois Department of Orthodontics and SureSmile.
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February 13, 2019
Suggested headline: Cold outbreaks not caused by global warming
Suggested subheadline: Global cooling the real fear
By Jay Lehr and Tom Harris
What do heat waves, floods, droughts, rising sea level, forest fires, hurricanes, African wars, mass extinctions, disease outbreaks, and migration from South America and the Middle East have in common? They are all, according to climate activists, caused by man-made global warming. And this, in turn, is supposedly caused by rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels as a result of our fossil fuel use. They might as well add alien invasions to the list, because it is all nonsense.
The scare has risen to such a level of absurdity that, on February 1, journalist Andrew Revkin reported in an article for National Geographic that, “Many stories in recent days highlighted studies concluding that global warming is boosting odds of cold outbreaks.”
Arguable, the most absurd of the statements attributing the recent cold spell to warming came from Donald Scavia, professor emeritus of environment and sustainability at the University of Michigan. According to the Detroit Free Press, Scavia said,
"In the past there was a very strong gradient of cold air at the poles and warmer air south of the poles. That gradient kept the cold where it is...
"As the poles are warming faster than the rest of the planet, that gradient weakens, allowing the cold air currents to dip south."
According to Dr. Tim Ball, an environmental consultant and former climatology professor at the University of Winnipeg in Manitoba, Scavia’s statement “is utter rubbish.” Dr. Ball said, “It’s wrong in every aspect of it, from the basic assumption to the interpretation. In fact, a gradient makes things move. It doesn’t keep the ‘cold where it is.’”
It is a mistake to think that, if human-produced CO2 were causing global warming, the poles will warm first. Dr. Ball said, “There is no evidence of that; they just are assuming it to be the case.”
And, if the poles did warm first, Dr. Ball explains, the reduced temperature difference between the poles and lower latitude regions would reduce extreme weather, not intensify it, as climate campaigners claim. Afterall, weather is driven by the temperature gradient between latitudes. So, a warming Arctic would result in less intense cold outbreaks and a lesser intrusion of cold artic air into warmer regions. Climate alarmists have their science backwards.
Dr. Ball explains that the real cause of the severe cold outbreaks in the US is a wavy jet stream.
The Jet Stream is a thin band of strong winds that flow rapidly around the planet from west to east at approximately 10 km altitude. The Jet Stream divides warm air masses, typically found at low latitudes towards the tropics, from cold air masses, usually found at high latitudes near the poles. However, a very wavy jet stream, as we are experiencing now, allows frigid Arctic air to move south to normally warmer latitudes and warm tropical air to push into Polar latitudes. An increase in extreme weather events, including the cold outbreaks in the US, is the result. It has nothing to do with global warming. In fact, the most common cause of a wavy Jet Stream is global cooling. History shows that severe weather increases with a cooling world, not a warming one.
Concerning fears of more cold outbreaks due to global warming, Ball laughs, “They’re making it all up!”
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Dr. Jay Lehr is the Science Director of The Heartland Institute which is based in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Tom Harris is Executive Director of the Ottawa-based International Climate Science Coalition.
