Beauty

[Shanus]

I was watching a few talk shows, performances by singers and movies over the past week. Does EVERYONE have perfect white chicklet teeth?

Not putting it down since I had a full mouth of crowns/veneers done after my braces were removed about 18 yrs. ago. My teeth were stained where the metal brackets were placed. 

I have to say it was really expensive and it seems anyone in the public eye is expected to have those teeth. 

Have you noticed this?

[San Antonio Gal]

Yes I've notice most people on TV have veneers, crowns, etc.

I wouldn't want to be on television without perfect teeth either.

[Desertdi]

@Shanus 

Yes, I notice those "chicklet®" teeth all the time.   

When I had my implants done, my dentist had each tooth made individually, using the former bridge as a guide.   

They look the same as the ones that were removed.   "Uneven" but REAL.     di

[wagirl]

That has been going on for decades and decades-- and if I had a money tree full of cash in my back yard, I'd have those pearly whites too. I remember when those teeth were so white, they looked blue--I think that has calmed down tho. You gotta admit, yellow/brown, broken, mis- shapened/ missing  teeth are gross!!

[San Antonio Gal]

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@wagirl wrote:

That has been going on for decades and decades-- and if I had a money tree full of cash in my back yard, I'd have those pearly whites too. I remember when those teeth were so white, they looked blue--I think that has calmed down tho. You gotta admit, yellow/brown, broken, mis- shapened/ missing  teeth are gross!!

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Agree @wagirl  -  gross teeth can ruin one's appearance.  I'm all for the pearly whites.

[Shanus]

@Desertdi   My daughter (the hygienist) worked for a cosmetic dentist...one of the best in the VA/DC area. So, we received the friends and family discount...still a lot of $$$$. DH had his teeth done, as well at the same time.

He took a mould of my teeth and yes, they were the same shape and position as my "real" teeth, but since they had been straightened and positioned, they came out really pretty and white. He didn't go too white...just a few shades off on the chart so they look white, but natural.

[wagirl]

@San Antonio Gal --feel that way about gross feet too---nothing worse than gross un- cared for feet---

[Shanus]

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@wagirl wrote:

@San Antonio Gal --feel that way about gross feet too---nothing worse than gross un- cared for feet---

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....and fingernails. I have a weird feeling about anyone serving me in a restaurant with really long fake nails with designs on them. What "dirt" is under those? Yuck!!!

[Carmie]

I think people with neon optic white teeth look weird.  Your teeth shouldn't glow in the dark.  They look so fake and and they are.  No one naturally has that tooth color.

I am fortunate that I have excellent teeth. They're really straight and even, and I have them all.  I have had very little dental work.

My teeth are white, but not optic white.  They probably look yellow next to those fake veneers or false teeth.

I would absolutely be upset if any dentist gave me fake looking straight, optic, glow in the dark teeth.

One of the vendors on QVC has those awful white fake looking teeth as does the guy from the Trivago commercial.

[Desertdi]

@Shanus 

I NEVER developed eye-teeth...so I wanted to make SURE some dental lab didn't "assume" that I had them.   

Well, they sent my dentist a couple of them anyway.  ???  (They were returned...took an EXTRA month for the more rounded ones to be delivered).  In the meantime, I lived with the "spaces".     di