{"id":471,"date":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/dental-care-blog\/real-smiles-versus-fake-smiles\/"},"modified":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T00:00:00","slug":"real-smiles-versus-fake-smiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/dental-care-blog\/real-smiles-versus-fake-smiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Smiles Versus Fake Smiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hudsonhighlandsdentistryblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/FakeRealSmile2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-695158\" \/>  <strong>THERE\u2019S A BIG DIFFERENCE<\/strong> between a <em>real<\/em> smile and a <em>fake<\/em> smile. And while a polite smile can help smooth over some social situations, a sincere, honest, from-the-heart smile can completely turn the day around. <\/p>\n<h3><strong>What Is \u201cThe Duchenne Smile?\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p> The Duchenne Smile was named after 17th century French researcher <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Duchenne_de_Boulogne\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Duchenne de Bologne<\/strong><\/a>. He believed that the key to a real smile (a genuine expression of happiness) was found in the eyes, and although\u00a0the muscles around your mouth are easy to shape into a smile, the muscles around your eyes (the Orbicularis Orbiti) are only triggered by <em>true<\/em> happiness. <\/p>\n<h3><strong>Can You Spot Fake Smiles? Take This Quiz!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p> <strong>This is really a lot of fun!<\/strong>\u00a0Take <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/science\/humanbody\/mind\/surveys\/smiles\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>the quiz<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0yourself! <\/p>\n<h3><strong>Do You Know How To Smize?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p> Smize means \u201csmile with your eyes\u201d. Despite Duchenne\u2019s long-standing theory, <a href=\"http:\/\/bps-research-digest.blogspot.com\/2012\/11\/most-people-can-fake-genuine-duchenne.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>recent research<\/strong><\/a> (and Tyra Banks) suggests that anyone can fake a \u201cgenuine\u201d smile. <strong>What do you think?<\/strong>  [youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YaE__NAtrJA?rel=0] <\/p>\n<h3><strong>One Key To Spotting A Genuine Smile Is Imitation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p> Smiles are <em>literally<\/em> contagious. When we see a smile we have a subconscious urge to reflect it back. And when we imitate a smile, we can FEEL whether or not it\u2019s real.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>In <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3600526\/\" target=\"_blank\">a 2013 study<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0subjects held a pencil in their mouth while scrolling through photos of people smiling. The pencil kept participants from reflecting the expressions they saw, handicapping their ability to read the emotions behind those smiles. Interesting! <\/p>\n<h3><strong>Let Us Help Keep YOUR Smile Healthy And Confident<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p> Smiles are powerful. <strong>Genuine smiles are even more powerful.<\/strong> When you\u2019re confident about your smile, it can truly change your life. Visit with us if you\u2019re hiding your smile!\u00a0<strong>Keep your smile beautiful and healthy!<\/strong> <\/p>\n<h4>Thanks for the trust you place in our practice and for being our valued patient!<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WHILE A POLITE SMILE CAN<\/strong> help smooth over a social situation, an honest, from-the-heart smile can&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[176],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-176","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mydentalpracticeblog.com\/hudsonhighlandsdentistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}