Šifra mládí 4 / Youth Code 4 | Page 37

Season of Beauty / teeth Beautiful teeth are associated with success and happiness now more significantly than ever before and that does not only concern actors, divas and pop stars but also businessmen and high profile managers. It is no longer acceptable or excusable to neglect one’s smile if you want to make it somewhere in life. At the same time, luckily, it is now perfectly possible to achieve a smile with perfect teeth if you so desire and weren’t lucky enough to be born with them. And the methods are many as contemporary dentistry evolves and modernises its techniques every day. The latest trend in complex dental care, the so called antiageing programme, does not just solve single independent problems of your smile but approaches it as a whole, making your teeth look better than ever and making you feel healthier than ever, too. There are several aspects of your teeth that determine whether they will be perceived as good looking or not – their position, their colour and most of all their health. Healthy teeth always look better than what any aesthetic procedure can provide you with, so take a good care of them. Visit your dentist twice a year to get your teeth checked and to undergo a professional dental hygiene and should any problem appear, act fast. The sooner you solve it, the easier the solution will be. Orthodontic care If your teeth are not exactly straight the way you want them to be, there is nothing easier than to entrust yourself to good orthodontic care. And don’t feel unsure about it for even a second. Public opinion on braces has significantly changed during the last two decades. In the past both children and adults would tremble with disapproval at the dentist to even mention them, nowadays the situation is completely different. Children are no longer ashamed of braces and adults are now often actively seeking orthodontic care themselves. “For children and young teenagers braces tend to be a matter of image. They choose the classic metal ones more often than adults and even prefer to decorate them to their liking with colourful rubber bands for the brackets,” says Dr. Martin Šrubař, the foremost orthodontist of Mediestetik clinic. “Transparent ceramic brackets which are aesthetically more subtle since they share approximat