Image: Ronaldinho fixes his teeth, before and after!

Ronaldinho's football has usually done the talking during his illustrious career, but the Brazilian has had so many moments of illusion on the pitch that we've come to know his trademark smile.

The Daily Mail brands that grin "goofy," but now he has finally had dental work to correct it.

The operation last month, the paper adds, cost an estimated 36,000.
As you can see in the video above, it's quite a transformation (the old Ronaldinho is on the right).

The 33-year-old has not been quiet in courting publicity over the surgerynot only did he feature in this Brazilian news story about the work, which you can watch above, but he has also given an interview to Brazilian Playboy (in Portuguese) with the teeth very much upon show.

You'll be pleased to hear that the new-look Ronaldinho has not been making wholesale changes to his lifestyle.

For one thing, the ponytail hasn't gone anywhere.

And for another, he's still curling in outrageous free-kicks such as these.

Ronaldinho's teeth before and after the surgery: