Here at Dr. Klim’s office we talk a lot about smiles. We have helped hundreds of people feel more confident and attractive when they smile. Here we understand that smiling is a natural response that shares our happiness with others.<\/p>\n
But is smiling really that important?<\/em><\/p>\n It turns out… yes! A little internet research turned up the following, which made me smile (see what I did there).<\/p>\n Did you know that smiling triggers activity in your brain<\/a>?<\/p>\n There’s a serious mind-body connection in your left frontal cortex. That’s the area of your brain that registers happiness. This reaction<\/a>\u00a0has solid research since the 1980s. Sharing that beautiful smile with\u00a0others helps them, too! Smiles are wildly contagious and when someone smiles back<\/a>, their mind and body benefit just like yours.<\/p>\n Never underestimate the power of your smile. If you feel yours needs a little attention<\/a>–to help you use it more often–we\u2019re here to help<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here at Dr. Klim’s office we talk a lot about smiles. We have helped hundreds of people feel more confident […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1978,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[44],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesklimdental.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6619"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesklimdental.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesklimdental.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamesklimdental.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamesklimdental.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6619"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jamesklimdental.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6624,"href":"https:\/\/jamesklimdental.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6619\/revisions\/6624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamesklimdental.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamesklimdental.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamesklimdental.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamesklimdental.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe simple act of smiling sends a message to your brain that you’re happy. And when you’re happy, your body pumps out all kinds of feel-good endorphins.<\/p>\n