As a dentist, I see people every day who are ashamed of their teeth. Like the patient I talked to recently who burst into tears when she told me how her little granddaughter climbed into her lap and asked “Why are your teeth all yucky and brown?”

It broke her heart that the little girl thought her mouth was ugly – and it made her realise that grown-ups noticed her stained teeth too. They just weren’t as open and honest as children are.

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