The gap-toothed can be pretty, too

I have recently heard a story of a dentist that had to turn people away. They wanted to get a gap in their teeth. Several at a time. Like there was a fad starting or something.

I know several people who have that big gap, I had one growing up but my teeth grew in (not all my teeth came in).

I agree that it may not be a big issue today compared in the past years. However, we can't deny the fact that it is good to have a straight or almost perfect set of teeth. I do not have this "gap tooth" but I wish my teeth were "straighter"(if there's such a word, sorry not a native English speaker here)

I have never thought of people having gap-tooth is not pretty. In fact I have some friends with such teeth and they are still considered hot by others. So it has never been a problem here. Only if their teeth is very badly arranged or lost several teeth than that will be considered as having disadvantage as it is clear that their attractiveness is penalized by their teeth.

I do think there are some people who look cute and unique with their gap-tooth look. Anna Paquin looks extremely cute with her gap, for example!

Yes! Gap tooth can be very pretty, both in men and women. Teeth are not something I pay much attention to. I think I'd rather have a nice personality. However, I can tell you that imperfections in the physical appearance can actually add to the uniqueness and therefore beauty of the individual. Larger noses, for example, are another example. Some people really look good with larger noses. I think it is a think of beauty, while others do not.

That is quite refreshing to hear, because being gap-toothed could be seen as an imperfection and you hear too many times that models have to be 100% perfect, well a perfect model doesn't exist, they have imperfections! I think it's a distinct look.

As our human evolution changes so does the trends of things. Of course we also have surgeries that change trends as well. I guess what I am saying is that because of our diets and such things like our teeth change, and it goes from only a few (minority) having it to a lot (majority) and majority rules.