Jezebel: Teeth

The Value Of Your Torturous Dental Work Is Drawn Into Question

Margaret Hartmann — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:50:00 EST

Technological advancements mean that dentists now have an even better idea of what your Coke and Snickers bar addictions are doing to your teeth. That seems like great news, but it actually has some people worried — and not just because it makes it harder to avoid the dentist's disapproving looks. Some people are getting fillings in spots that just have the potential of developing into cavities, even though many dentists believe the treatment is pointless, or even harmful. More »

Japanese Cosmetic Dentistry Helps You Get That Sexy, Infantilized Smile

Lisa Wade, Ph.D. — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:00:00 EST

Benjamin B. alerted us to a New York Times story about a new trend in Japan: yaeba. Some young Japanese women are now having dentists artificially enlarge their incisors so as to achieve a look associated with a small mouth crowded with teeth. More »

Diet Soda Will Melt Your Teeth

Anna North — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:30:00 EDT

You know how sugary drinks are bad for your teeth? Turns out, sugar-free ones are too. More »

The Myth Of The Perfect Smile

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 19:40:00 EDT

Recently on Toddlers And Tiaras, a mother bragged that she bleaches her kids' teeth once a week. Outrageous, but not surprising, since we've come to believe that teeth only look right when they are straight and blindingly white. More »

A Perfectly Good Vampire Sex Fantasy, Ruined.

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 17:20:00 EDT

If you're a fan of Dracula, True Blood, Twilight or The Vampire Diaries, you'll get a kick out of this almost-sorta-NSFW commercial from the UK. Damon Salvatore never has this problem, does he? More »

Scientist Who Collected 320,000 Baby Teeth Dies At 90

Anna North — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:30:00 EST

Dr. Louise Reiss masterminded the Baby Tooth Survey, which proved that radioactive fallout had entered Americans' teeth, and led to an international ban on atmospheric nuclear testing. She died on New Year's Day at her Florida home. More »

Ancestral Discovery Could Rewrite Human History

Margaret Hartmann — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:05:00 EST

Tel Aviv University archaeologists have found 400,000-year-old Homo sapiens teeth, which are twice as old as the earliest known human remains. Though more research is needed, this may prove modern humans originated in Israel, not Africa. More »

WTF: Tyra Shaves A Gap Into Model's Teeth

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:58:34 EDT

On last night's episode of America's Next Top Model, the girls received their makeovers, with Tyra ordering dental work for one contestant—to widen the gap in her two front teeth—to make her appear more like Lauren Hutton. More »

My Nine Years Of Orthodontic Torture

Anna North — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:07:00 EDT

Thanks to new 3-D technology, having braces could get easier than ever. And I, for one, am resentful. More »

Fall Into The Gap

Anna North — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:30:00 EST

Apparently Anna Paquin and Lara Stone are inspiring some cosmetic dentistry patients to get the gaps put back between their teeth. They should have taken a look at Lauren Hutton and left them there in the first place. [Shine] More »

Little Miss Perfect: Flipper Babies

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:00:00 EST

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Last night's season premiere of We's Little Miss Perfect taught us that not all of the child beauty pageant accoutrements we've gotten to know and hate—mainly those baby dentures called "flippers"—are beneficial to a contestant's score. More »

The Brush-Off

Anna Holmes — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:10:00 EDT

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Ricky Gervais learned recently what Americans...

Margaret Hartmann — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:30:00 EDT

Ricky Gervais learned recently what Americans expect of celeb smiles when a journalist complimented his willingness to wear unflattering false teeth for his role as a dentist in Ghost Town — though they were actually his natural teeth. While bad British teeth are a comedy cliché in the U.S., the Brits find our obsession with unnaturally straight and white teeth bizarre. "Americans have the idea uniformity is equivalent to looking good. The British character is more free-spirited, more radical," says Professor Liz Kay of the Peninsula Dental School in England. In the UK, celebrities who have had dental work done (like Simon Cowell and Kate Beckinsale) are often mocked. "Americans don't mind this unnaturally white look. It's a new phenomenon, like buying a Rolls Royce and telling the world. They are wearing a smile as a badge," adds Martin Fallowfield, a member of the British Dentist Association. [BBC] More »

MagHag

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:20:00 EDT

Dodai here. When I was buying this issue of Bazaar, the young lady working the cash register did a double take at the picture of Kirsten Dunst on the cover. "Damn, they fixed her teeth!" she exclaimed. I took a closer look. Kiki has famously said, "messed-up teeth are sexy." Do her choppers look as though they've been altered? (Click to enlarge.) More »

"Got Any Deep Throating Tips?"

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:20:00 EDT

It's time for another installment of Pot Psychology, the advice column in which everyone's problems are solved with an "herbal" remedy. (Remember, kids: Don't do drugs!) In this episode, Rich and I got help from our pal Sasha Frere-Jones, to tackle problems like reclusive behavior, definitions of words, and all the other usual sex stuff. Got a burning question? Send it to potpsych@jezebel.com. (Please keep them short; they're verrrry hard to read when stoned.) More »

Mom to almost-18 Michelle Duggar is going...

Jessica G. — Fri, 30 May 2008 11:20:00 EDT

Mom to almost-18 Michelle Duggar is going to be one toothless old biddy, if this new study holds any water: according to the data, women who give birth to more children lose more teeth, regardless of socioeconomic status, reports Reuters. Even "in the highest socioeconomic group, women with no children were missing on average less than one tooth, those with one child were missing about two teeth and those with four or more were missing about five teeth." In the lowest social strata, women with four or more children were missing more than eight teeth, on average. Women are more prone to gingivitis during pregnancy, and when knocked up are less likely to go to the dentist, according to experts, who say gestating women want to avoid dental X-rays. [Reuters via MSNBC] More »

Killer Cooches

dodai — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:50:00 EST

Haven't see the movie Teeth yet? Neither have we. But New York magazine has a come up with a cunning list of the ten scariest "movie vaginas". Think Audrey II from Little Shop Of Horrors, Sharon Stone's muff from Basic Instinct, Carol Anne's bedroom in Poltergeist, and, of course, the Sarlacc Pitt from Return Of The Jedi. All yonic, all deadly. [New York Mag] More »

Movie Critics Take A Bite Out Of Teeth

Jessica G. — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:20:00 EST

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Ah, Teeth. We've been obsessed with this movie about a young girl who discovers teeth in her taco since we saw the trailer back in November. The movie opens today in New York and Los Angeles, so critics have finally started jawing about the dentata drama, and though the reviews are generally positive, everyone is in agreement that the film's star, Jess Weixler, is fab. (Salon calls Weixler's big screen debut "A pointed performance in a movie that mostly just gums its subject".) The rest of the peanut gallery chews it up, after the jump. More »

Reader Roundup

Jessica G. — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:40:00 EST

Best Comment of the Day, in response to Dentata Drama: "When trying to explain it to my boyfriend, he asks, 'So wait, the vagina talks about abstinence to kids?'" We say: Teeth make one hell of a chastity belt. • Worst, in response to Wentworth Miller Leaves The Prison Stripes To Ladyfriend: "As soon as I saw those thighs (hers) I knew I'd been right all along. He's beyond gay. Which is too bad, because otherwise I know I'd have a shot." We say: wouldn't his interest in a woman who doesn't have the curves of a 12-year-old boy make him straight, not gay? More »

Back in November we heard about the trailer...

Jessica G. — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:45:00 EST

Back in November we heard about the trailer for Teeth, the story of a nubile young girl who discovers that her nether regions have sprouted fangs. Wanna see more dentata drama? Here's the first five minutes of the film, in which heroine Dawn (Jess Weixler's) vaginal deformity is explained and she gives small children a lecture about chastity. Ah-mazing. [Bloody Disgusting] More »

Vaginas With Teeth Get The Tinseltown Treatment

Slut Machine — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:00:00 EST