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Young Children Getting Braces
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Brace Yourself! Early Intervention For Your Child's Smile?

It's a mom's job to remind her children to brush and floss, but should she also be concerned with perfecting their smiles?
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It's a mom's job to remind her children to brush and floss, but should she also be concerned with perfecting their smiles? While teens used to be the ones sporting braces, the metal brackets are now being adhered to baby teeth! An interesting piece in The Wall Street Journal reported that kids (as young as 7 and 8) are seeing orthodontists earlier for a number of reasons. It said:

Parents' hope is that the more early treatment a child gets—that is, before all the adult teeth have come in—the less treatment the child will need later on. While that's true in some cases, what many parents don't realize is that for some of the most common orthodontic problems, early treatment offers no guarantees against a second round of treatment in the teenage years and may not save time or money.

How important is it to you that your child has a perfect smile?

Genuine Duchenne Smiles
Julia Roberts

Can You Guess Which Julia Roberts Smile Is Genuine?

People who study the physiology of facial expressions agree, thanks to the research of pioneering 19th-century French physician Guillaume Duchenne, that it's easy to recognize a genuine smile, as opposed to one that's merely social.
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People who study the physiology of facial expressions agree, thanks to the research of pioneering 19th-century French physician Guillaume Duchenne, that it's easy to recognize a genuine smile, as opposed to one that's merely social.

Looking at the two photos of smiley Julia Roberts up there, can you guess which one fits the criteria for a genuine smile? I'll explain it after you answer.

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Babies Smiles Get Mommy High
parenting

Mommies Get Buzzed with a Cheeky Grin

New moms may not crave the buzz that a margarita allows as they've got a natural upper on their hands.
by babysugar

New moms may not crave the buzz that a margarita allows as they've got a natural upper on their hands. A study conducted by the Baylor College of Medicine reveals that mothers often experience a "high" when seeing their child smile.

MSNBC reports:

Assistant professor of pediatrics at Baylor and and Texas Children's Hospital, Lane Strathearn and his team studied the brain reactions of 28-first time moms. They used functional magnetic resonance imaging to scan the mothers' brain reactions to photographs of their 5-month to 10-month-old babies and those of others in three emotional states: happy, neutral and sad.

As expected, the sight of their happy babies sent blood rushing to the moms’ brain regions associated with dopamine, a neurotransmitter that plays an important role in addiction. The spike rewarded the mothers with a neural kick that prompted them to want to take action to care for their babies.

To see how the mommies responded to their children's sad faces, read more

Wee Are the World: Pay It Forward With Smiles
Smiles

Wee Are the World: Pay It Forward With Smiles

We know it's the day before Christmas so we won't burden you with another charity to think of in the midst of all the craziness.
by babysugar

We know it's the day before Christmas so we won't burden you with another charity to think of in the midst of all the craziness. But, we will remind you that sometimes a smile is all it takes to boost a person's spirits.

Holidays can be especially rough on people who have hardships or are alone so take a minute to teach your lil one that a gesture as simple as a smile can be contagious and make another person's day.
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