Smile confidence is a real mental health concern
A patient once sat in my chair with her hand covering her mouth mid-conversation. She wasn’t cold. She wasn’t shy. She was ashamed of her smile, and that shame had quietly shaped nearly every social interaction she’d had for years.
In over eighteen years of dental practice, I’ve seen this pattern more times than I can count. Patients come in for a clinical procedure, but what they’re really carrying through the …
Smile confidence is a real mental health concern
