Demand For Cosmetic Dentistry Increases As Pandemic Restrictions Ease

NBC News  (6/16, Silva) reports that dentists are seeing an increase in demand for cosmetic dental treatments as more people get vaccinated against COVID-19 and states ease restrictions. The “social resurgence has put focus on a body part that has been hidden behind masks: teeth.” Several dentists quoted in the article discussed the trend. “You don’t know what you’re missing until it’s covered up,” a dentist in New York City said. “I think it’s the value of expressing oneself and enjoying human emotion which is truly expressed, you know, in a smile, or lack thereof.”