‘Smile if you’ve had it lately’ were the words on a bumper sticker my father slapped onto the back of our Ford Escort during the 1970s. I believe it was an advert by a local garage for car servicing. Not a man given to crude innuendo, I look back and am mortified at my dad’s idea of a joke – but am pretty sure the cheeky message raised a few smiles. Now, wouldn’t that make a fabulous tagline for a dental practice and its services?
World Smile Day
World Smile Day is celebrated this week. It was the brainchild of Harvey Ball, an American commercial artist who created the ubiquitous smiley face in 1963. The much-recognised symbol has had a profound influence on our lives ever since – thanks more recently to social media, text messaging and the proliferation of emojis.
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