{"id":1142425,"date":"2022-07-05T15:20:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T15:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/05\/stop-calling-it-gap-teeth-or-open-teeth-this-is-the-correct-word-to-say\/"},"modified":"2022-07-05T15:20:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T15:20:53","slug":"stop-calling-it-gap-teeth-or-open-teeth-this-is-the-correct-word-to-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/05\/stop-calling-it-gap-teeth-or-open-teeth-this-is-the-correct-word-to-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Calling It &#8221; Gap teeth&#8221; Or &#8220;Open teeth&#8221; : This Is The Correct Word To Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>\nThe gap between the upper and lower front teeth is called a diastema. The term &#8220;diastema&#8221; is the correct word to say when referring to a missing tooth. The word &#8220;gap&#8221; is used incorrectly, as it describes a space between two teeth.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThere are many different reasons for this gap, so it&#8217;s important to know how to pronounce it correctly. You can get away with calling it a gap tooth, but the correct term is diastema. You can also say it as open teeth, but that&#8217;s also incorrect.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/812927aeada34cee80f0e65868140453\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe correct word to use when describing an empty space between teeth is &#8220;diastema.&#8221; It sounds more scientific, and you know you&#8217;re not talking about your pearly whites in the process.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/a7d013af4c9e4b6d9b98b243c3b515e2\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nA diastema is a gap between the teeth. It is not harmful, and it appears in children and adults. In children, the gap typically closes when their permanent teeth come through. You&#8217;ll find that diastemas are common in all races and ethnicities, but they can also occur during pregnancy or as a result of gum disease.\n<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: Auntykuma (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"see-more\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The gap between the upper and lower front teeth is called a diastema. The term &#8220;diastema&#8221; is the correct word to say when referring to a missing tooth. The word &#8220;gap&#8221; is used incorrectly, as it describes a space between two teeth. There are many different reasons for this gap, so it&#8217;s important to know [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1142426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[4068,6683,5310,722,534,1123,1770],"class_list":["post-1142425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-stories","tag-calling","tag-correct","tag-gap","tag-open","tag-stop","tag-teeth","tag-word"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1142425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142425\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1142425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1142425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1142425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}