How Smiling Can Help You
There are plenty of medical reasons to replace your missing teeth, but filling gaps in your smile will also make you want to smile more often. Recent research has shown that smiling offers lots of additional benefits, including improvements to your mental and physical health.
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Feel More Relaxed
It’s common to feel overwhelmed during periods of heavy stress and it can be very hard to find a relief. Studies have found that smiling in stressful situations can actually lower your heart rate and reduce anxiety. If you find yourself in a difficult situation, try smiling and see how it helps.
Improve Your Social Life
Smiling is a universal way to express happiness and health. When you smile with confidence, others around you will start to notice and find you more approachable as a result. If you don’t know what to say, sometimes a smile is all it takes to meet new friends.
Enhance Your Mood
It turns out that smiling doesn’t just make you look happy, it actually makes you feel happy too. Research has shown that smiling and laughing can positively influence your mood. This is because chemicals called endorphins, which make you feel happy and relaxed, are released in your brain every time you smile.
Live Longer
In addition to making you look younger, smiling may actually help you live longer. A study by Wayne University found that people who smile live an average of 7 years longer than those who don’t. Smiling helps to keep you relaxed and content, potentially adding years to your lifespan in the process.
Smiling is Contagious
Not only does smiling improve your mood, it improves the mood of people around you as well. When you smile at someone, they read your expression and reflect it back at you — this concept is known as facial mimicry. The bottom line is that smiling is contagious and sending out positive energy is the best way to receive it in return.
Visit Dr. Bedich
You can enjoy all of these benefits and more by visiting Dr. Bedich at the Center for Progressive Dentistry. We offer a variety of treatments to restore your smile, including teeth whitening, Invisalign, and dental implants. Whatever your smile needs, we’ll work with you to find the right treatment. Contact us in Cortland, OH, and start the journey to your new smile.