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When cosmetic desires conflict with professional judgment

I want to whiten my teeth but my dentist says they are fine as they are and I feel silly for caring so much about something cosmetic

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The gap between medical adequacy and personal aesthetic desires reveals tensions between objective health and subjective well-being.

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