A dentist has warned that people who shave their teeth hoping to achieve a perfect smile “ruin their teeth for the rest of their lives.”
Dr Manouchehri, a London dentist, shared a viral video of a teenage girl who says she visited Turkey to have her teeth shaved for veneers, only for the expert to point out to her that she didn’t have to. all received from facets.
The dentist corrected her by saying that what he got were full coverage crowns and not veneers which are moldings attached to the front surface of a tooth.
It then entered the alarming list of long term negative effects of having tight full coverage crowns popularized by many social media influencers.
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Dr Manouchehri explains: “If you’ve seen my previous video, you know that shaving your teeth down to pins like this will damage the nerve and that you will need a root canal and extraction at some point. your life. .
“Second point; veneers or crowns will need to be replaced every 10 to 15 years usually. Now she is a beautiful young lady, I think she is around 18 or 19 at the most, and she will have to replace them. probably four or five times in his life, if not more.
“Not only will the financial burden be an issue, but secondly, it will be a biological burden because the tooth cannot be physically prepared and replenished every time.
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So she is a beautiful young lady and has ruined her teeth, possibly for the rest of her life and will have dentures in her forties.
“Personally, I wouldn’t choose that, would I?”
The response video has been viewed over seven million times on TIC Tac, and many people have left comments that their advice convinced them not to go through the process.
One of them replied: “Uh thank you, I literally almost booked my date for next week, thank you for saving me.”
A second person said, “I can confirm. I have ONE that I was 25 years old. Now I have to replace him at 25 and have a root canal ”.
Another added: “It’s really heartbreaking to see so many young people feeling the need to go to these extremes in the name of beauty. Very sad”.