Dental Veneer Mayhem Is Upon Us

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Have real teeth officially gone out of style? If you’ve noticed celeb’s smiles look a little off these days, it’s because famous people can’t stop filling their mouths with fake teeth. And some people think they’ve gone too far for pearly perfection.   See all our content on FAIL Blog: http://www.failblog.org Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FailBlog

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00:00My life is literally ruined because I got my teeth redone.

00:04Have real teeth officially gone out of style?

00:06If you've noticed celebs' smiles look a little off these days,

00:09it's because famous people can't stop filling their mouths with fake teeth.

00:13And some people think they've gone too far for pearly perfection.

00:16This is how veneers look to me.

00:17This is how they look to you!

00:19I feel like everybody's teeth look the same, just like a little square.

00:22Dental veneers are porcelain casings placed over the exterior of the tooth

00:25in order to improve their appearance.

00:27But veneers are typically permanent.

00:29Dentists will usually drill down a patient's teeth to almost nothing

00:32so a veneer can be secured over it.

00:34That means once your natural tooth has been shaved away,

00:37you'll need some kind of dental prosthetic forever.

00:39For celebrities, fixing a flawed smile seems like a no-brainer.

00:43But the booming dental veneer trend has some serious downsides for famous folks.

00:47Stars are stepping out with teeth that are blindingly white,

00:50freakishly even,

00:51and bordering on the uncanny valley look.

00:53I don't think a lot of people realize

00:55how many celebrities have chosen to get these big white veneers.

00:59For former Disney actress Hilary Duff,

01:01the debut of her porcelain veneers back in 2005 had the media perplexed.

01:06Duff got dental veneers after chipping her front teeth,

01:08but blogs were quick to mock her new smile for being way too big,

01:11calling her horse teeth,

01:13until she eventually replaced them with a smaller set.

01:15But I remember when she got these bad boys.

01:18Everybody was calling her horse face, horsey, literally, as you can see.

01:22And of course, Taylor Swift's mouth has been scrutinized for years,

01:26with an entire TikTok account devoted to doing veneer checks

01:30on her and other celebrities' botched smiles.

01:33I mean, new veneers, they're white, they're different shapes,

01:35the laterals are different shapes.

01:36While veneers may look great in a red carpet photo,

01:39they can also be problematic for transforming into character roles.

01:42TV and film fans are flooding online forums

01:45to complain about how an actor's veneers

01:47make it hard to see them as the characters they're portraying,

01:50especially if their smiles look way too modern,

01:52like Dakota Johnson in the 2022 period film Persuasion.

01:56Actors who have kept their natural smiles intact are praised,

02:00while Hollywood makeup departments are admitting

02:02that they're doing extensive work behind the scenes

02:05to make actors' veneers look less unnatural.

02:07I'm hanging out by my walker.

02:09Hi!

02:10Ha ha ha! They're fucking awful!

02:13And it's not just celebs who are ditching their chomps.

02:16While veneers used to be an option reserved for big-screen actors,

02:19it's now become one of the fastest-growing cosmetic procedures

02:22for anyone wanting a more perfect smile.

02:25Business is booming for veneer technicians,

02:27but staggeringly high costs, unnatural results,

02:30and dangerously shady credentials from service providers

02:33are just some of the risks involved in this quest for dental perfection.

02:37This is it from the back angle. Like, you can see the whole thing.

02:41That means non-famous people are at an even greater risk for botched results.

02:46Illegal and unaccredited veneer technicians

02:48are popping up across the country,

02:50passing themselves off as trained professionals

02:52while pocketing the unsuspecting customers' cash.

02:55Only a licensed dentist can perform cosmetic veneer procedures,

02:58and with prices as high as $60,000,

03:01lots of people are looking for cheaper alternatives.

03:03So while some think they're getting a great deal on a new smile,

03:06they're often leaving with massive regrets.

03:08Oversized, too bright, and gapless veneers

03:11make people's smiles look cartoonish.

03:13Poorly fitted veneers can cause major tooth pain,

03:16and in extreme cases, can totally ruin your ability to chew

03:20or even close your mouth properly.

03:21I'm not even joking. Like, I'm constantly in pain.

03:25I can't even close my mouth properly after a retainer every single day,

03:2824-7 pretty much, to even close my mouth comfortably.

03:32So are veneers even worth the hype?

03:34At least one California-based cosmetic dentist says no.

03:37Patients come to our practice with smiles that are Bs or B-pluses,

03:40and they want them to be A-pluses, she says,

03:42adding that many patients who get veneers

03:44don't understand the gamble they're making.

03:46So if you're considering a smile upgrade,

03:48be warned, veneers aren't worth the headache.

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