Few people like to wear braces, but teenagers want to have a beautiful smile so much that they agree to correct their bite. Does their courage pay off? The answer to this question is given by the results of a 20-year study of 300 children, conducted by British psychologists under the direction of Pamela Kenealy from the University of Roehampton (London).
Few people like to wear braces, but teenagers want to have a beautiful smile so much that they agree to correct their bite. Does their courage pay off? The answer to this question is given by the results of a 20-year study of 300 children, conducted by British psychologists under the direction of Pamela Kenealy from the University of Roehampton (London). Some of the children, having worn braces, corrected their bite. After 20 years, it turned out … that this had no effect on their level of happiness (subjective well-being). But none of the participants regretted their decision. A beautiful smile is really nice, although in adolescence we slightly overestimate its importance for life.