Dr. Victoria Veytsman As A Panelist At The Biohack Your Beauty Event in LA

I do think that there's a formula or an equation or a code to everything from molecular biology to esthetics. I think that the smile is actually one of the first places that aging shows up. So just like our skin and body, we lose collagen and volume in our teeth as well. So as we age and we're losing volume in the teeth, this part of our face starts to. To collapse, and you start to get these deepened nasolabial folds and all of that. And it also plays a role functionally. We're just not just looking at it aesthetically, but functionally when that happens. This could affect things like how you sleep, potentially contribute to sleep apnea, which, as we know, could contribute to affecting hormone levels like cortisol, testosterone, insulin resistance. So it's not just aesthetics, but it's also function. I do think that there's a formula or an equation or a code to everything from molecular biology to aesthetics. When looking at the face, there is is a ratio that determines how ideal or attractive certain features are and positions and stuff. And with bruxism, when you grind your teeth, you start to lose more of that volume at a rapid rate, and that affects the golden proportions of not just the teeth themselves, but of the entire face.