Abstract-Diana Albanese

For thousands of years Dental Aesthetics has been an important outlook in society.  Dental aesthetics can be traced all the way back to the major ancient societies like the Mayans. Even in these ancient eras, the teeth have always been a way of expressing someone’s religious beliefs.  The dental aesthetics of the Mayans are closely related to the Americans in that the alterations that the Mayans used to perform on their teeth were mostly used as a sign of beauty and wealth.  The modern views of teeth alteration are for the same views as the Mayans in that the perfect teeth are usually attained by the wealthy and beautiful.