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Passion gap
Passion gap or Cape Flats smile is a practice of dental modification originating in Cape Flats, Cape Town, South Africa in which men and women deliberately remove their top front teeth (maxillary incisors) for fashion and status. The practice is popular among lower class coloured South Africans and has occasionally been done by white and Chinese residents in the area.〔〔
==Reception==
For many years, Cape Town residents have removed their top front teeth due to regional cultural fashion. Despite the sexual myth, a 2003 study performed by the University of Cape Town found that the main reasons for removing teeth were fashion and peer pressure followed by gangsterism and medical purposes.〔
The modification is particularly popular in the Cape Flats section of Cape Town. In an interview of 2,167 people of color in the Western Cape, 41% have had teeth removal. Of those who have under gone the procedure, 44.8% were male. Children as young as 11 have had their front teeth removed for aesthetics.〔
Other reasons for a passion gap include the belief of improved oral sex and kissing. Another belief is that fishermen removed their teeth to whistle louder to one another. Though the practice is still popular in the region today, perception is changing.〔 Some employers specifically forbid the display of a passion gap.〔
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