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First off, I do not have perfect teeth. They narrow in a bit and are not alligned with my jaw nor are they straight & perfect. Im getting braces/invislign retainer[s] next month. The thing is, when I smile my nose gets super wide. I sort of this it has something to do with the alignment of my teeth. Because my nose is narror when I am not smiling. I have put paper in my mouth to see what Ill look like with straight WHITE perfect teeth before, weird-I know, but when I smiled my nose didnt get wide or anything. Anyone have any experience with this? I know its probably out of the norm. but if its EVER happened before Id love to know...
2007-06-10 11:23:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Dental
I whole heartly agree with you. I recently went to the dentist to have a wisdom teeth removed and on a computer genrated image I was shown what my teeth, jaw ,neck would look like if my teeth were properly alingedand yes my nose did look smaller.
2007-06-10 12:25:09 · answer #1 · answered by rita f 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like it may be a matter of comparison/proportion/optical illusion. You smiled normally and your nose widened and even with the paper, you would smile as well. Maybe having straighter teeth after the braces will actually "take away" from your nose looking wide.
2007-06-10 18:28:50 · answer #2 · answered by sweet_trixie_1977 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason your nose appears to get wider when you smile is due to your facial muscles contracting and pulling on your facial skin (including your nose). The width or narrowness of your nose has nothing to do with the teeth alignment.
2007-06-10 19:17:28 · answer #3 · answered by Geoff S 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I think that maybe the inside of your mouth got stuck onto the paper, causing the skin to stay in one place when you smiled. When you normally smile there is only slippery teeth there, which doesn't hold the skin attached to your nose in place---causing it to spread.
2007-06-10 18:49:11 · answer #4 · answered by Frosty-pants 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
,HELLO,
FYI FACIAL SYMMETRY IS PERFECT IN A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE. THE REASON WHY YOUR NOSE WIDENS MORE WHEN YOU SMILE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR TEETH, BUT IT DOES HAVE TO DO WITH YOUR LIP POSITION AND MUSCLE STRUCTURE.
THE MUSCLES IN YOUR FACE DON'T CONTRACT EVENLY OR EXACTLY EQUALLY, SO SOME DISTORTION TAKES PLACE.
2007-06-10 19:29:00 · answer #5 · answered by Dr. Albert, DDS, (USA) 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nope, thats just a computer error. your nose wont change. mine didnt.
2007-06-10 20:22:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anon omus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋