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=== Treatment ===
A diastema is not a pathology and doesn't require treatment. Any interventions to modify a diastema are purely cosmetic.
 
1. Determine the cause of the diastema, then treat the cause.
 
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In ''[[The Canterbury Tales]]'', [[Geoffrey Chaucer]] wrote of the "[[The Wife of Bath's Tale|gap-toothed wife of Bath]]".<ref name="gap">{{cite news |author=Rachel Dodes |title=We Don't Mind the Gap: The Fashionable Flash a New Smile |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703720004575478213601248720?mod=WSJ_NewYork_NewsReel |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=September 8, 2010 |access-date=2010-09-10 }}</ref> As early as this time period, the gap between the front teeth, especially in women, was associated with lustful characteristics.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mcgilltribune.com/a-e/gap-toothed-women04042018/|title=Gap-Toothed Women|last=Garmaise|first=Ariella|date=2018-04-04|website=The McGill Tribune|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref> Thus, the implication in describing "the gap-toothed wife of Bath" is that she is a middle-aged woman with insatiable lust.<ref name=":0" />
 
In [[Ghana]], [[Namibia]] and [[Nigeria]], as well as throughout many communities in Kenya, diastemata are regarded as being attractive and a sign of fertility, and some people have even had them created through [[cosmetic dentistry]].<ref name="bite">{{cite web|url=http://bitemagazine.com.au/news_blog/?p=190|title=Midline diastemata in fashion|date=October 14, 2010|publisher=Bite magazine website|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420151357/http://bitemagazine.com.au/news_blog/?p=190|archive-date=April 20, 2012|access-date=September 10, 2010}}</ref><ref name="WebMD">{{cite web |last1=Keller |first1=Adrienne |title=6 Fun Facts About Gaps Between Teeth |url=https://www.webmd.com/connect-to-care/teeth-straightening/fun-facts-about-gaps-between-teeth |website=WebMD}}</ref>

In France, they are called "''dents du bonheur"'' ("lucky/happiness teeth").<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metro.us/newyork/national/article/714520--the-year-of-the-gap-tooth-trend|last=McGuiness|first=Romina|title=The year of the gap-tooth trend|work=Metro|date=December 8, 2010|access-date=April 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308144534/http://www.metro.us/newyork/national/article/714520--the-year-of-the-gap-tooth-trend|archive-date=March 8, 2012}}</ref> This expression originated in [[Napoleon]]'s time: when the Napoleonic army recruited, it was imperative that soldiers had incisors in perfect condition because they had to open the paper cartridges (containing powder and ballgunpowder) with their teeth when loading their muskets. All those who had teeth apart were then classified as unfit to fight. Some men broke their own teeth to avoid going to war.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}

[[Les Blank]]'s ''Gap-Toothed Women'' (1987) is a 30-minute documentary film about diastematic women.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/16/movies/film-gap-toothed-women-miss-or-myth.html|title=Film: 'Gap-Toothed Women,' 'Miss . . . or Myth?'|last=Canby|first=Vincent|date=1987-09-16|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-09-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
 
=== Famous people ===
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</ref> [[Elton John]],<ref name="Phinney2012"/><ref name="Kapusevska2014"/><ref name="WebMD"/><ref name="Dahl2010"/><ref name="Gawker2015"/><ref name="Chack2017">
{{cite web |last1=Chack |first1=Erin |title=18 Celebs Who Rock The Fuck Out Of A Tooth Gap |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/erinchack/celebs-who-rock-the-fuck-out-of-a-tooth-gap |website=BuzzFeed |date=2017}}
</ref> [[Seal (musician)|Seal]],<ref name="Gawker2015"/><ref name="Shaw2019"/><ref name="Cosmopolitan2017"/> [[Amy Winehouse]],<ref name="Kapusevska2014"/><ref name="Cosmopolitan2017"/> [[Mac DeMarco]],<ref name="Gawker2015"/> [[50 Cent]],<ref name="Gawker2015"/> [[Flea (musician)|Flea]], [[Elvis Costello]], [[Charley Pride]], [[Ray Davies]] of [[The Kinks]], [[Billy Preston]], [[Ray Dorset]] of [[Mungo Jerry]], [[Dave Brockie]] a.k.a. [[Oderus Urungus]] and guitarist Corey Smoot a.k.a. [[Flattus Maximus]], both of [[GWAR]], [[Melanie Martinez (singer)|Melanie Martinez]], [[Becky G]], [[Laura Pausini]], [[Edmund Sylvers]], [[Hayley Williams]], [[Pharoahe Monch]], guitarist [[Steve Howe (musician)|Steve Howe]], singer [[Bobby Brown]] and his daughter [[Bobbi Kristina Brown]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/steve-howe-mn0000036537|title=Steve Howe|author=Gary Hill|work=AllMusic|access-date=July 23, 2014}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=January 2022}} and singer [[Tems|Tems.]].
 
* '''Models''': [[Georgia May Jagger]],<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Gawker2015"/><ref name="Shaw2019"/><ref name="Chack2017"/><ref name="Allen2019">{{cite news |last1=Allen |first1=Caroline |title=Gap toothed trend has led to an increase in reversed dental work |url=https://www.yahoo.com/now/gap-toothed-trend-has-led-to-an-increase-in-reversed-dental-work-154855903.html |work=Yahoo News |date=2019}}
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* '''Actresses''': [[Uzo Aduba]],<ref name="WebMD"/><ref name="Gawker2015"/><ref name="Shaw2019"/><ref name="Cosmopolitan2017"/><ref name="Chack2017"/> [[Anna Paquin]],<ref name="Dahl2010"/><ref name="Gawker2015"/><ref name="Shaw2019"/><ref name="Chack2017"/><ref name="Cosmopolitan2017"/> [[Vanessa Paradis]],<ref name="Gawker2015"/><ref name="Chack2017"/> [[Brigitte Bardot]],<ref name="Kapusevska2014"/> [[Jorja Fox]],<ref name="Phinney2012"/> [[Eve Myles]],<ref name="Chack2017"/> [[Léa Seydoux]], [[Amira Casar]], [[Cécile de France]], [[Béatrice Dalle]], [[Anna Popplewell]], [[Octavia Spencer]], [[Aubrey Plaza]] and [[Shannen Doherty]].
* '''Actors''': [[Omar Sharif]], [[Elijah Wood]],<ref name="Kapusevska2014"/><ref name="Gawker2015"/><ref name="Shaw2019"/><ref name="Cosmopolitan2017"/><ref name="Chack2017"/> [[Robert Morse]], [[Eddie Murphy]],<ref name="Gawker2015"/><ref name="WebMD"/><ref name="Shaw2019"/><ref name="Chack2017"/> [[Samuel L. Jackson]],<ref name="Gawker2015"/><ref name="Chack2017"/> [[Woody Harrelson]],<ref name="Gawker2015"/><ref name="Chack2017"/> [[Willem Dafoe]],<ref name="Guardian2019"/><ref name="Shaw2019"/><ref name="Chack2017"/> [[Zac Efron]] (before [[Veneer (dentistry)|veneers]])<ref name="Kapusevska2014"/><ref name="Gawker2015"/><ref name="Shaw2019"/> [[Laurence Fishburne]],<ref name="Gawker2015"/> [[Denis Leary]],<ref name="Chack2017"/> [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]],<ref name="Gawker2015"/> former late night TV show host [[David Letterman]],<ref name="Phinney2012"/><ref name="Gawker2015"/> [[Ernest Borgnine]], [[Terry-Thomas]], [[Clint Howard]], [[Jemaine Clement]], [[Keith 'Shebada' Ramsay]], YouTuber [[Freeman's Mind|Ross Scott]], and antiques expert and TV personality [[Tim Wonnacott]].
* '''Comedians''': [[Jimmy Tarbuck]] "The Gap-Toothed Chuckle Chappy", [[Paul F. Tompkins]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Diastema (dentistry) |publisher=Factualworld |url=http://www.factualworld.com/article/Diastema_(dentistry) |access-date=3 Apr 2014}}</ref> [[Alan Carr]] and [[Alex Horne]], and [[Paul Scheer]].
* '''News anchors''': American television news reporter and anchor [[Michelle Charlesworth]] and New Zealand television news anchor and actress [[Angela D'Audney]].
* '''Athletes''': [[American football]] players [[Michael Strahan]]<ref name="Gawker2015"/><ref name="Shaw2019"/><ref name="Cosmopolitan2017"/><ref name="Chack2017"/> and [[Patrick Mahomes]]; [[American football]] coach [[Vince Lombardi]]; [[association football]] player [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]; boxer [[Mike Tyson]];<ref name="Gawker2015"/> professional wrestler and former TNA World Heavyweight Champion [[Bobby Roode]]; [[Major League Baseball]] players [[Joe DiMaggio]]<ref>
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