Does how a dentist looks affect whether patients accept big cases?
It does, more than most dentists want to admit. If you are selling work that revolves around perfection, you cannot show up looking like a cartoon and expect the patient to believe in the result. The dentist who looks like a pro comes out ahead of the one who does not, every time, on big presentation visits. That includes your own teeth. You are asking someone to trust you with their smile, so the state of yours is part of the message whether you like it or not. You may not have model skin and hair, fine, but your teeth had better be as nice as the result you are promising. So dress the part and fix your own mouth first. Patients read all of it before you say a word, and they are deciding the whole time.
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