page_title: Diastema
section_title: Famous people
hierarchical_section_title: Diastema / Historical and popular culture references / Famous people
caption_attribution_description: English: English actor Terry-Thomas, in 1961
context_page_description: A diastema is a space or gap between two teeth. Many species of mammals have diastemata as a normal feature, most commonly between the incisors and molars. Diastemata are common for children and can exist in adult teeth as well. Diastemata are primarily caused by imbalance in the relationship between the jaw and the size of teeth. If the labial frenulum pulls, it can also push the teeth apart and cause a diastema between the center of the two front teeth.
context_section_description: Some well-known people noted for having diastema include: 
  musicians Charley Pride, Ray Davies of The Kinks, Elvis Costello; Madonna, Dave Brockie a.k.a. Oderus Urungus and guitarist Corey Smoot a.k.a. Flattus Maximus, both of GWAR, Melanie Martinez, Becky G, Amy Winehouse, Laura Pausini, Edmund Sylvers, Elton John, Mac DeMarco, Seal, Flea, 50 Cent, Pharoahe Monch, guitarist Steve Howe, and singer Bobby Brown and his daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown;
  models Jessica Hart, Lindsey Wixson, Lauren Hutton, Georgia May Jagger, and Lara Stone;
  American television news reporter and anchor Michelle Charlesworth;
  American football player Michael Strahan; association football player Ronaldo;
  French tennis player Yannick Noah;
  actresses Vanessa Paradis, Léa Seydoux, Amira Casar, Eve Myles, Cécile de France, Brigitte Bardot, Béatrice Dalle, Jorja Fox, Anna Paquin and Uzo Aduba,
  actors Ernest Borgnine, Terry-Thomas, Jemaine Clement, Willem Dafoe, Elijah Wood and Jamaica's Keith 'Shebada' Ramsay; former late night TV show host David Letterman; antiques expert and TV personality Tim Wonnacott;
  comedians Jimmy Tarbuck "The Gap-Toothed Chuckle Chappy", Paul F. Tompkins, and Alan Carr;
  New Zealand television news anchor and actress Angela D'Audney
  professional wrestler and former TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Roode; Major League Baseball player Jimmy Rollins;
  Politicians and leaders including former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.; former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, and, according to released photos, several of the children of Nicholas II of Russia.
caption: Actor Terry-Thomas was known for his 1⁄3-inch (8.5 mm) diastema.
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