Diastema is what the gap or space between the teeth is referred to as, and can form anywhere in the mouth but are commonly formed between the upper front teeth.

If you have not yet met me in person, you might not know that I actually have a gap between my front teeth.  I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with my teeth and I never really post pictures where I show my teeth – back in the day, because I despised my teeth and now because I’ve gotten used to not showing them in pictures.  As a kid I never really noticed that my teeth were different from everyone else’s because having gap teeth as a kid was not considered abnormal, mostly due to the fact that people always just assumed that it would go away as you grow older or that you just had a missing tooth that would…