Sorrisos das Celebridades - Antes e Depois

1. Celine Dion.

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2. Zac Efron.

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3. LeAnn Rimes.

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4. Lindsay Lohan.

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5. Noel Gallagher.

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6. 50 Cent.

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7. Cher Lloyd.

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8. Nicolas Cage.

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9. Michael Douglas.

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10. Cheryl Cole.

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11. Tom Cruise.

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12. Niall Horan.

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13. Kate Beckinsale.

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14. Steve-O.

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15. Nicola Roberts.

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16. Melanie C.

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17. David Beckham.

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18. Victoria Beckham.

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19. David Bowie.

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20. Hilary Duff.

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21. Keith Urban.

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22. Tulisa.

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23. Madonna.

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24. Matthew Lewis.

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25. George Clooney.

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26. Gwen Stefani.

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27. Morgan Freeman.

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28. Miley Cyrus.

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29. Louis Walsh.

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30. Katie Price.

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31. Nicole Kidman.

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32. Cristiano Ronaldo.

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33. And finally, Ronan Keating.

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George Washington’s Weakness: His Teeth by The New York Times

George Washington’s Weakness: His Teeth

APRIL 28, 2014

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CreditGeorge Washington's Mount Vernon

Michael Beschloss

@BeschlossDC

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When George Washington opened his mouth 225 years ago this Wednesday at New York’s Federal Hall to take the oath as the first president of the United States, he wore awkward-fitting, painful, face-disfiguring dentures. For years, he had suffered from dental problems; that morning he had swollen, burning gums and only a single original tooth in his mouth. He wore this particular set of dentures during the last nine years of his life. They clacked and creaked open and shut on tight wire springs.

Folklore notwithstanding, Washington’s false teeth were not wooden. He obtained them instead from horses, donkeys, cows — and human beings. (According to his account books, in 1784, emulating some of his affluent friends, he bought nine teeth from unidentified “Negroes” — perhaps enslaved African-Americans at his beloved Mount Vernon; the price was 122 shillings.)

Washington strove, in life, to resemble a monument. This was important to his self-esteem and, he believed, to the dignity and credibility of his fledgling nation. To him, the dentures were a mortifying sign of weakness. (For years, Washington’s dentures were kept out of public view to avoid marring his image; they are now a popular attraction at Mount Vernon’s excellent museum.)

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He once pleaded with his dentist, John Greenwood, by letter, to avoid any change to the denture “which will, in the least degree force the lips out more than now do, as it does this too much already.” Members of his cabinet sadly noted how rarely the tight-lipped president smiled or laughed. Others insisted that his embarrassment about his dentures, which sometimes caused him to hiss as he spoke, made him reclusive.

The French mathematician and philosopher Pascal once said that had Cleopatra’s nose been shorter, “the whole face of the world would have been changed.” Had Washington kept his original mouthful of gleaming white teeth, the commanding president might have been even more effective in using the force of his personality on Hamilton, Jefferson and the other combative Americans he dealt with in the 1790s. These dentures also underscore the axiom that anyone nostalgically longing to reside in some earlier century should ponder what daily human life was like before modern dentistry.

Michael Beschloss, a presidential historian, is the author of nine books and a contributor to NBC News and “PBS NewsHour.” Follow him on Twitter at@BeschlossDC.

The Progress of Periodontal Diseases

Fact of the Month

Grillz - Consequências

Feito famoso por artistas de hip-hop no final de 1980 , as Grills ou Grillz (como sãomais conhecidas) estão a reaparecer em Hollywood e todos, de Beyonce a Madonna têm exibido este mouthwear decorativo.

Mas as grillz dentárias , que normalmente são feitas de ouro e decoradas com jóias, têm sido associados a uma série de doenças orais e até mesmo envenenamento, segundo alertam especialistas .

Enquanto as celebridades como Ryan Lochte , Rihanna e Chris Brown investem em grillz de boa qualidade , os fãs tentam imitar as estrelas acabando muitas vezes por adquirir versões de baixa qualidade que não são adaptadas  corretamente, o que pode levar a problemas orais.

Grillz mal adaptadas podem desgastar o esmalte dentário e levar a sensibilidade dentária e até mesmo dores de cabeça.

Com longos períodos de uso , grillz mal adaptadas também podem deslocar permanentemente os dentes em uma nova posição.


Falando sobre os riscos , o dentista Dr. Lance Knight, disse no MailOnline : " Muitas das grillz usadas ​​por celebridades são clip-ons , para que haja menos risco de danos em comparação com as grillz que estão permanentemente fixos aos dentes. O importante é que eles se encaixam corretamente.

' Assim como coroas, dentaduras e pontes , se algo é bem feito por um dentista profissional e está devidamente adaptada ,hámenos probabilidade de danos dentários.

' No entanto, grades mal ajustadas podem causar cáries , infecções e até mesmo o movimento dos dentes , o que pode levar a um novo tratamento ortodôntico para realinhar os dentes.

" Há também o risco de problemas no maxilar se a " mordida " não for a correcta, em uma posição desconfortável .

Todas as grillz, (fixas ou de clip-on) resultam na acumulação de placa bacteriana o que pode levar a infecções em ambas as gengivas e os dentes , o que pode conduzir a  cáries e o aparecimento da doença periodontal .

" Pior ainda, se as grades são feitas de má qualidade metal, eles poderiam muito bem contêm substâncias que não são saudáveis ​​e podem causar reações alérgicas .