Keep dancing, keep smiling

12 September 2017
Volume 31 · Issue 6

With a life in close-up – appearing frequently on the TV screen, in social media and in the press – Giovanni Pernice is acutely aware that he is scrutinised minutely by Strictly fans.

This made him particularly concerned about the irregular nature of his teeth, which are on show constantly as he smiles (which is often) and he was eager to have them straightened for the start of the 2017 Strictly Come Dancing season. However, it was imperative that any dental treatment he undertook did not impact in any way his training or his dancing performance. Also important to him was that treatment was discrete, as he felt it would not be aesthetically pleasing to have a mouth full of metal braces while performing. 

His ex-Strictly partner Georgia May Foote was undergoing Invisalign treatment and she showed him how the clear aligner system repositions teeth discretely, without anyone seeing she was having her teeth straightened. He opted for the same treatment and was excited to find that the aligners were virtually invisible (they are likened to contact lenses for the teeth). In addition to having no impact on his performance and training, Giovani was delighted that, with Invisalign, he could also still fully enjoy his other passion – Italian food – whilst undergoing treatment; the aligners are removed for eating, so no food need be off the menu! 

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