How your teeth can affect your paycheck

It may be hard for you to believe but missing, crooked and stained teeth can impact your overall job prospects as well as upward movement in a company. Positions that encourage you to interact with people from the community require constant face-to-face contact. “An image a company generally wants to portray is one of vitality, happiness and overall success,” says Dr. Denine Rice, of Rice Periodontics and Implant Surgery.

Individuals with broken or stained teeth may communicate to the community that your company doesn’t feel your overall health is important or a priority.

First impressions are critical.  You only have seven seconds to make a first impression. The smile you convey will then impact the relationship between you and the customers. While your smile may be only of minor impact, if you are self-conscious of your smile, because of your teeth, that greatly impacts your first impression.

When you are employed and looking to move up in the company how you interview and your overall self-confidence will change how you are seen within the company. It will directly affect whether you are prompted or not.   When you have teeth that you are not happy with, your overall self-confidence may become impacted according to Dr. Rice. While it may seem small, your ability to comfortably talk and present yourself in the most favorable light could be negatively affecting how much you even earn.