Dental Aesthetics In Ancient Japan

In the field of dentistry, it is important that dental professionals aquire cross-cultural sensitivity to better understand dental aesthetics. Many cultures of the world may consider something attractive in the teeth while other cultures may think it not to be attractive. In world of today, white teeth is popular aestheticly and any other color besides white is considered to be not as attractive. Could you imagine anyone disagreeing? This was the case an Ancient Japan where the Japanese would color their teeth black. As time progressed, the reasons why they colored their teeth black had changed form time to time but one major reason why throughout the practice was beacause they thought it was very attractive and made them look better. Learning about this practice of teeth blackening by the Ancient Japanese is the reason why it is important for dental professionals aquire cross-cultural sensitivity to better understand dental aesthetics and in the end become better professionals in their careers.