Well, hello, hello, guys. You're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. K, Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon,

and it's time for a podcast. And and today let's dive deep into the secrets

of the smile and the dentician we have dr john marashi he's a world-renowned cosmetic dentist

he's really celebrated for his ability to craft confident natural smiles for actually some of

the top biggest names in ho, including like Matt Damon,

Ben Affleck and Cher and Kate Hudson. Two decades of experience, he's been doing this for 20 years,

even though he just looks like he's 30. And he's super meticulous, very artistic and innovative.

He shared said he was the Tom Ford of cosmetic dentistry.

I would that's like a tombstone line. I love that. And so welcome to the podcast. Let's talk about

all of your beautiful work, John. Thanks so much for having me. And it, you know, it's my passion.

It's what I was put on this planet to do was to help people look better and feel better about themselves.

And, you know, no better way to do it through a smile, right?

It's your greeting card.

It is your greeting card.

So many of us grew up with insecurities about smiles, I think, from maybe bad pediatric dentistry or parents who didn't

give you orthodontics at the right time. Like, when is it that this problem culminates? Is it in

their 20s that people decide to take action or do people wait till they're 40, 50?

You know, what's interesting is my generation, if you were lucky when you were like in middle school or high school, you got braces,

right? And you'd get straight teeth. And most people will equate straight teeth with an attractive

smile. And, you know, there is an element of that. And one of the things I've learned over the

years is that straight teeth and beautiful teeth are not always

synonymous with one another. So a lot of the folks that I treat have perfectly straight teeth.

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