Show me your teeth

I am fascinated by this "teeth shows the personality" thing you have, Lech! Its something I cant fathom - not a bad thing, just never occured to me! Its like when ppl talk about synesthasia!

― Occupy Kelly St (Trayce), Thursday, October 13, 2011 6:51 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Re: scary celebrity teeth I have two words for you:

Walton Goggins

― pullapartsquirrel (Jenny), Thursday, October 13, 2011 6:57 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I'm not sure that I am deriving any sort of information about anyone's personality from their teeth so much as using it as identifying information about who that person is. I also look at people's mouths while they're talking for cues about what they're saying, so how teeth/lips move is another important identifying feature.

Probably why I like to teach pronunciation too?!

― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Thursday, October 13, 2011 7:38 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this teeth thing is so interesting to me, too! i wish la lech would start a thread about this.

― tehresa, Thursday, October 13, 2011 7:50 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark

Well, here we are. One minor request -- I have a major phobia about serious dental work (probably because of my preoccupation with teeth as an essential part of someone's beinghood) and can't deal with horror stories (even though I have plenty of my own)

This is a teeth-positive environment.

http://flaglerlive.com/wp-content/uploads/ren-stimpy-teeth1.jpg

that was mean

perhaps

you're really showing your teeth, aren't you

if by that you mean my personality no

I feel shame about my teeth

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vP8v16Zia1M/THbX8uZ6ogI/AAAAAAAACe4/RzxgJYxy-qw/s1600/cartoon-tooth-and-brush.jpg

oops that was for conrad. "conrad"

dayo tell me more

My dentist falls all over himself to tell me what great teeth I have every time I go to the dentist. This makes me inordinately proud of my teeth. I mentioned this at my last appointment and he said, "You should be proud! You have great teeth! That's because you take care of them!" etc.

So, I am very proud of my teeth. Also I had my front two teeth bonded when I was in junior high and even though that's only supposed to last five years tops, it's still going strong.

It's more about the configuration of teeth than their health. Jenny, you have square straight strong teeth.

Some people have thin wafery clear teeth.

Thank you. I have never had braces. I have good teeth genes.

here are my teeth

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v369/colinohara/Photo446-1.jpg

i'm not sure why i am choking myself.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6161/6241941281_f347c84f0e_o.jpg

well I had braces when I was 11 or 12. and a palate expander. after they came off they revealed that I have an underbite. the orthodontist told me that to fix it, I would have to get a tooth extracted and the rest of my teeth pushed around to fill the gap - is that even possible? they also installed a permanent wire.

this other kid I knew had a big gap between his front teeth but after he hit puberty, it all straightened itself out and he had perfect teeth!

I always wonder what my teeth would have ended up like if I had let nature take its course.

presently, I think my front teeth are slightly uneven and my incisors are slanting inwards.

also I have like 7 cavities, all gotten within a 5 month period of munching on jelly bellies when I was maybe 13. I brush twice a day with a sonicare and I also use a waterpik.

my teeth are sensitive to temperature, sugar and (I think) acidity. after I eat a tart apple, I will feel tingling and slight pain if I chew gum. I live in fear of getting another cavity.

My teeth are disproportionately large for the rest of my mouth.
I like uneven teeth a lot -- esp when the front ones slant in just slightly.

I also had a lot of cavities (also possibly b/c of jelly bellies!) and a verifiably sadistic orthodontist who is no longer practicing.

But I want to see teeth, not talk about their health or trauma to the teeth.

jed you have small squares with a hint of crooked. i like them.

I like crooked teeth. I think they make people look interesting. I also like a nice front tooth gap, like Gwen Harper here:

http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/2900000/Jack-Gwen-Header-torchwood-2908454-780-380.jpg

I had a BF in college who had an underbite fixed. He had his jaw broken and wired shut for awhile.

i am a bit of a teeth snob. i had orthodontics in high school from age 12-17, so that's prob a part of it, this painful quest for some kind of correction->perfection. and my teeth aren't even 'perfect' - they were never bad anyway, more of a jaw alignment issue that was corrected(ish). they did extract one molar when i was 12 or 13 and i still don't think they should have, bc i think it caused slight asymmetry of my face. but what's done is done! i'm not going in for jaw surgery that's for sure. i floss every day and don't have cavities, though soon will need a gum graft on a few teeth :/

but anyway, i have many friends who have imperfect or outright messed-up teeth, and i don't care, i mean, that's part of who they are. and yet a nice straight set of teeth is an amazing and intriguing thing to me. i have def said to people "you have great teeth!"

xps to LL - hahaa okay!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3247/2660765891_b46a9c5993.jpg

I do think it's weird that americans culturally value perfect teeth so much!

here is my friend with her beautiful distinctive teeth that she never hides and i love that about her

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/115/273853090_bf2ff37299.jpg

ty La Lechera, i'v never had a brace or any kind of cosmetic dentistry, which is surely evident, but they are pretty straight at the top and slightly squinty and overcrowded at the bottom front. they are ivory coloured and i would like them whiter. i have A LOT of amalgum fillings which i can't afford to replace atm and you can see one of them at the top left of my mouth.

aw!
xp

also that is me and my giant chompers

yours are nice rrrobyn, strong and nice ratio of lip/tooth.

xp I think it probably reflects a value for affluence - braces are expensive so if your kids have perfect teeth, it's a non-ostentatious and health-justifiable way of showing you've got some money. Ditto regular dental care. Dental plans cost extra money so having well cared for teeth is a sign of affluence.

what about me Art Arfons

I was so bummed about Bowie's teeth fixup when I discovered it in high school that my friend made me a poster of "The Original Choppers of David Bowie." It was an 8.5x11" piece of paper on which she glued printouts of every internet pic she could find of his true awesome mouth.

I was really bummed when I recently discovered Marin Gore had done the same thing.

http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Echo+Award+2010+RkKNQydlN-ql.jpg

Why come you can wear bondage suspenders and leather shorts on stage but are self-conscious about your teeth???

sometimes people get teeth fixed for mainly health reasons I guess like martin amis supposedly

i likeauthentic looking teeth and/or distinctive teeth
really though i just kind of need to see them, whatever they look like.

martin gore's teeth are disturbing.

what about you conrad

I showed you my teeth you're now supposed to tell me who I am

I was really worried when my wisdom teeth grew in that it would fuck things up for my mouth. When I finally got around to seeing a dentist, he told me there would be room in my mouth for four more teeth needs be. This is empirical evidence that I have a big mouth.

you are a small dainty little man with a lot of problems

WRONG

you are a scorpio, and a powerful public speaker

you are right handed, and you have trouble sleeping in new places

I am right handed

you are a rotter is my guess.

<3

i think estela referring to people as rotters might be one of my favorite things

wrong

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/expatrica/100629-215546-2.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/expatrica/hoppy.jpg

I had braces from age 8 to 14. They pulled 10 baby teeth to put those suckers on me. When they came off my teeth were perfect but started to shift soon thereafter. I couldn't sleep through the night with the retainer they gave me so hardly wore it and I grind my teeth so badly that it made them shift even faster.

I hate my teeth now and am very self-conscious of them. I had to search for like 10 mins to find a pic of me smile with my mouth open. IRL I smile widely and often and don't think about it too much but I'm aware of it in pictures. I really want invisilign but I don't know if that'll work because of the grinding.

Here is my sleazy expression to showcase my sleazy teeth:

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/9837/bleuwghuw.jpg

One of the front teeth is shy and hides behind the other a little.

x-post - I have several gaps in the top row and a slight overbite. The bottom row is totally crooked too but I don't care as much about that one as it's not as visible.

the last time i went to the dentist he said, 'wow those look like good teeth!' and then he looked at my x-ray and found a cavity (sigh, 4 years of no dental insurance!) and it was sad.

enbb yours are very square-- that's distinctive
abbott's remind me of ally sheedy

ally sheedy has long crowded pointies

i was supposed to get braces but my parents couldn't afford it - or so they said - but then for my younger siblings they somehow found the money. a dentist told me the inside of my mouth is unusually small and all my teeth are crowded in, overlapping each other. my top two front teeth overlap, which i really only noticed for the first time about 4 yrs ago when i saw a photo of myself caught laughing unawares. now i'm extra aware of it and i'm convinced they're becoming more and more overlapped.

My gf and I went to the Hirshhorn today and spent a while in a room lit only by a blue Dan Flavin sculpture. It made our teeth look pink.

i never had braces! my teeth are naturally straight which i really appreciate having watched my sisters go through headgears, braces and/or retainers

I have always been self concious of a toothy grin in photos so you'll find most of mine I am either not smiling at all, or I'm pulling a tight, chimplike toothless smile. Its not that I dont like my teeth! My teeth are fine. I just tend to look... gummy? Also my top lip is thin.

But sometimes, I tooth up:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/20737_302869482756_726857756_3944591_5936581_n.jpg

nb they are also not yellow, I rly should have done a levels/white balance on that pic heh.

T, you're lucky. I had a headgear and rubber bands and everything. It was p awful. In the end I guess maybe mine aren't that bad I just wish they hadn't moved so much.

One of my favorite pictures with a dear old friend.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/9131_131610859422_663169422_2481390_5837897_n.jpg
I'm the one showing tooth

T, you're lucky. I had a headgear and rubber bands and everything. It was p awful. In the end I guess maybe mine aren't that bad I just wish they hadn't moved so much.

Oohh the rubber bands they were the worst. I also hated going in monthly to have the wiring/anchors tightened, for days after that was done my teeth and jaw would ache sooooo much. Ugh. Nightmare.

omg what's wrong with my computer!? I didn't double post that intentionally.

Oh the tightening was so awful.

T, you're lucky. I had a headgear and rubber bands and everything. It was p awful. In the end I guess maybe mine aren't that bad I just wish they hadn't moved so much.

LOL your computer's got a mind of its own!

omg weird!!!!

I did have a purple glitter retainer and used to get colored bands on the actual braces. That part was pretty sweet.

omg i had a purple retainer with silver stars in it!

<3 <3

I was so so excited about that. I remember it well.

tho at the beginning of my orthodontic journey, i had something called a bionator, which was just clear-ish plastic, and was made to wear it during the day at school even though i could hardly talk through it. i sort of cared but not really? it was kind of gross. i still remember my mom saying to me "put your bionator in!!" lolll xtra pre-teen trauma.

i was a good kid

T, you're lucky. I had a headgear and rubber bands and everything. It was p awful. In the end I guess maybe mine aren't that bad I just wish they hadn't moved so much.

>:O

I sometimes still have dreams about wearing my retainer, or having bits of brace brackets still stuck on my teef.

But! We were asked not to go over dental traumas haha.

Wow I just went thru all my FB pics of myself and I am only tooth-smiling in two, out of dozens and dozens. Thats a bit sad!

LOL wtf have you done Erica!

http://i55.tinypic.com/2sa0y02.jpg

had braces & retainer for a couple of years to straighten teeth out.

in 2005 i was too-enthusiastically rehearsing a slam piece and i tooth-checked the mic, leading to a small chip.

in 2007 i was trying to swig from a bottle of wine and my gf grabbed the bottle in motion, then released it, sending it careening into same tooth and chipping away a little more.

in 2009 i had a couple too many whiskies and face planted into a parking space, leading to the full "oh, it's got character!" half moon chip it's at now.

girl i dated once referred, in an affectionate way, to my "british teeth."

Trayce that is a great picture of you! V cuet.

Hey, you cut out Tza!

(i think. iir that pic c, I mean)

I got braces on my upper teeth when I was 13. before getting them I had pretty horrible buck teeth.

i like all these pictures of smiling ilxors! :D

i never had braces, and i think i am slowly grinding my teeth out of existence, but i think that will be kind of a relief.

Yes I think I am beginning to understand what La Lech meant, now.

I just let mine rot, mostly.

haha this is not "show me tza's teeth" iirc

lol i think my teeth may have been in that pic, too?!

yes. yes they were.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/149514_449546531588_506836588_5647195_1527115_n.jpg

:)

I remembered it because it wasn't Christmas when you posted it and you did so with a note saying something about seasonally inappropriate backdrop.

Nice teeth btw. Actually, all the teeth posted so far are pretty nice. Trip make esp has a nice looking set imo.

yeah fb says it was halloween lol

tza and crut both have awesome teeth.

(iirc)

Trayce! I love your teeth -- they're small and rabbity like Nicole Kidman's (I really like her early teeth, but the later ones seem a bit too white/cosmeticized)
http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2004_Birth/Thumb/004BRT_Nicole_Kidman_028.jpg

I love all these pics of smiling ilxors. hoos' chipped front reminds me of my gradeschool bff and therefore i like it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYNDZhNRO28

i never smile in photos but here's me doing my best:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6036/6242816100_4b56f9242e.jpg

aw, and as i saw the photo appear, i knew that i would see the real you, and there you are! i know who get bent is now. cute picture!!! you remind me of a girl i was really good friends with in 9th gr and she was in 10th gr. thanks for smiling!

here's andre (i think his latest ilx username is "peruvian guerilla general"):

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6222/6242832840_3b4d1733c2.jpg

adorable. i love your face, too

how happy you are! that is a happy smile, for sure.

http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae232/daggerlee/4b7c9814.jpg

Yes I think I am beginning to understand what La Lech meant, now.

Me, too, strangely enough.

Flickr tells me it's four YEARS since I last took a decent photo with my mouth open. I hate my gaps, and I struggle with gaps on others (sorry):

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2230/1567095187_c83a3fea3e.jpg

This doesn't look anything like me, because I never smile like this. It must be the money.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2721/4030706768_6c696be203.jpg

More teeth! New dimensions of ilxors. Dayo, your smile rules because it's really wide, and your teeth are doing their best to fill it up. They're shiny and white, very healthy. Good ones.
Mark C, I like your gap. Onimo is smiling!!

It looks like John Doe had his gap removed, which is a real pity.
http://streetlightsc.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/johndoe.jpg?w=550&h=368

Sorry if this is too sappy, but it's a good teeth shot, IMO:

http://oi52.tinypic.com/989buc.jpg

Also, it is always super-weird to see my teeth in photos, b/c all of the crooked ones are the opposite of what I see in the mirror.

Aw. You have a nice smile JMC.

http://www.bitterwallet.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/pat-short-i-shot-jr.jpg

LOL it's killing me that I can't remember what that character was called.

it's tom

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/166960_10150809445990608_610875607_20918297_362063395_n.jpg

I don't know who these people were. They absolutely wanted to get their photos taken with me.

I love your teeth John!! They are part of what makes your face look like you. I also have noticed that your teeth and Ronan's teeth are similarly arranged.

We have the same birthday!

thank you for the kind words la lech! my teeth are not so white irl, that's just photoshop trickery.

There are hardly any photos of me with my teeth out. This is one of the few I could find, where I am attempting to do a terrifying otter impression:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1084/1315733505_35a5494e34.jpg
Otter -vs- Emily by craigboney, on Flickr

lol

i like the contrast between how feral one otter looks and how innocent the other one is

maybe that's just poetic license from the taxidermist

omg that is so CUTE i can't stand it

also now i am confident that i would recognize you if we ran into each other at an airport. i'll make this face and you'll know it's me.

reminds me of my spirit animal

http://www.crabwalk.com/pix/rodent.jpg

Make that face and then point angrily at your hat, surely?

Yes. I was looking for a picture of a rodent pointing a tiny rodent finger, but instead I found a picture of a pink rat kissing a rat finger puppet. Good enough I guess

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhtzt11Ni51qcoukso1_500.jpg

or biting/eating
not sure, tough to tell because it's a rat

i hate teeth

i have a love/hate relationship with them, but mostly i find them important.

i know

i'm not sure why i find them so hateful. mine are okay; i've never had a cavity. my real father is a dentist, which might have something to do with it but seems too facile

i've never had a cavity but i should probably have braces and fix my snaggle

i'm thinking of the invisible ones that cost $5geez

i think your teeth are very you, bene_gesserit!

never ever fix a snaggle -- they are among the best

H8U ppl who've never had cavities! i had good teeth until my twenties and then it all went to hell.

My teeth look like this:

:B

H8U ppl who've never had cavities! i had good teeth until my twenties and then it all went to hell.

also around the time i stopped being covered by their dental insurance and employers stopped offering it as a benefit.

their = my parents

the big They

my housemate N always had a snaggle, and also a crowded mouth fulla teeth like a crumbling old cemetary. I love it, its what makes him, him (he hates them mind u). Then his snaggletooth fell out a year or 2 back!

https://s-hphotos-iad1.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/302647_10150422788623783_556118782_10382238_536944051_n.jpg

Made a point to smile for this one.

:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZJs0gnOFgU

In Japan, a Trend to Make Straight Teeth Crooked

always ahead of the curve, japan
and jandek

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0FQ3qrNI2-I/TneY7GtFnYI/AAAAAAAABEo/Mvs4G6lQR9A/s400/jude%2Blaw%2Btooth.JPG

Ok this is the fourth time I have visited this thread just to make myself happy and see some smiling teeth, so this is my request for more.
Here's toothsome old me again
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6057/6292947712_91df191d9b.jpg

yay books!

Yay giant smile! I love eye-crinkles.

They make me feel instantly warm toward someone, it's like a brain trick.

i was smiling as hard as i could
normally i am not so wrinkly

I wish my gums looked that healthy. My teeth feel like they're going to fall out!

Here is a recently-made mold of my upper teeth. Not what you were asking for, but I can only work with what I've got here.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s320x320/392131_2454159870072_1134308060_2870707_1587504504_n.jpg

snoball if you do not floss, you should
i'm a little embarrassed about how gummy my smile is

phil i want to see teeth in the mouth where they live, not on A TABLE. that's kinda scary.

I wore braces from 4th to 9th grades.

Had the headgear that I still claim residual neck pain from. Rubber bands and retainers too.

My teeth are straighter now. Still got one front bottom tooth that hides behind its buddy.

I don't know what I'm going to do when one of my kids gets pushed toward braces. I don't look like a Bald Knobber anymore, but man, it was a bitch and pain to go through.

It'll probably resemble my advice to them about attending college.

Winning smile LL. And seconding the love for eye-crinkles oh yes

When I am feeling fatigued/irritable/wrecked, flossing always makes me feel at least a little bit better.

totally -- it's next-level clean for teeth and soul alike

aw, ll, i love your smile <3

^^ ^_^

:)

sorry, :D

:-D
Mooooore teeth pls

here is an old picture of my teeth. i am suffering some kind of crazy breakout right now so no new teeth!
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/76708_462537906588_506836588_5831698_959874_n.jpg

^^^all teeth, no eyes

ppl never wanna post their toothy smiles on wdyll, i dig this thread's strategy

unfortunately my camera is borke

arby's, i bet your teeth are probably the same as they were before your camera broke

tza what a happy genuine smile that is.

why because mountains

i'm digging through FB and seeing how few adaquetly display them

as well how many horrendous pictures of me ppl have tagged

adequately obv

i read this thread earlier and then i fell asleep and dreamed i was sitting in a cafe in burleigh heads (a beach town near here) with my husband and mookieproof but i left them there to go meet up with la lachera, jenny and laurel. when i found them i smiled extra toothily at ll. and then i was taking them all back to meet mookieproof but then everyone disappeared and it ended up with me being arrested for breaking into a hotel room and taking a quick nap. i tried to explain to the hotel manager that the door was open and i thought it was okay and that in fact i'd done it before (because in the dream i'd taken many a nap in that room without consequence) and that this was more of a goldilocks and the three bears type of scenario than a crime and he was scornful and accused me of being on drugs and said i wasn't going to be able to wriggle out of this one.

this photo's a kinda lol choice but it does have my top row.

http://i800.photobucket.com/albums/yy282/everytownexceptpaducah/tth.jpg

couldn't find one displaying the mangled graveyard i have on the bottom, they never show when i smile.

http://i.imgur.com/MDC97.jpg

TERRIFYIN CHOMPS

yay books!

― glorified version of appellate court (get bent), Friday, 4 November 2011 18:24 (4 days ago) Permalink

No way am I am showing my terrible teeth but would very much like to see people's bookshelves which I think I am obsessed with in the same way La Lechera is about teeth.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/311306_10150452269133783_556118782_10578154_2126838339_n.jpg

Perhaps taking the idea a little too far.

I have a fake tooth.

Jeff is your fake tooth in the front? I've never noticed it.

I have a crown. I call it my crown of shame because they wouldn't let me leave the office until I paid for it in full, which I had to max out two credit cards to do and bankrupt myself in addition. Then I went outside, puked outside of my car, and drove myself home. It's on the right in the back though, so I don't know why I even bothered with it. Bad experience!

I only showed part of my bookshelves above, but there's more. I'm sure I have pictures somewhere.

this is a very pleasant thread

xpst Yes, it is right beside my front two teeth. I was missing a tooth congenitally and got an implant in my early twenties. The tooth on the other side was undersized, and I have a full crown glued onto the peg tooth that is there. I spent the majority of my youth talking and interacting without showing my teeth, so I still pretty much do that. My teeth are fine now though.

I spent the majority of my youth talking and interacting without showing my teeth, so I still pretty much do that.
this i did kinda notice, but i can kind of conjure up your teeth if i try.

Today I was at work on my way to the bathroom and I heard someone say my name. Totally did not recognize this person from a 20 foot distance, he was sitting down and knew my first name -- that's all I could tell. But I had to approach to figure it out because clearly this person was trying to say hello to me.

I got a little closer, saw his teeth, and instantly knew who it was -- it was a kid I had in class ~2 years ago (in the spring) when he was right out of high school, so he had grown up a bit. Anyway, if his teeth had changed, I would have had trouble making conversation; instead, I remembered the topic he gave his presentation about and something about his family.

Thanks, distinctive teeth!

Actually this was yesterday but who's counting.

Wow. You know, it's funny, Kr always notices teeth, too, but I never do.

i missed this thread!

you don't want to see my teeth. they are healthy, no cavities (!) but permanently coffee-stained and CROOKED.

lol same here* - the crookedness seems to make the staining worse because it's harder to get in there and clean

(*except that I have plenty of cavities)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WESUiQ07ibY

I like crooked teeth! Also guess what, everyone's teeth are stained.

I just got an email from a cheesy venue advertising a show by some band called The Lumineers.
Um, GROSS

i never saw this thread! love all the smiley pics.

I just got an email from a cheesy venue advertising a show by some band called The Lumineers.
Um, GROSS

For a second I thought "Um, GROSS" was referring to horrible teeth in a band photo.

No way, it's like having a band called Cheek Implants.

Perfect example of a face that I couldn't truly comprehend until I saw it smiling with teeth:

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/news/45419/ec90820c.png

Finally realized who her ^^ teeth remind me of:

http://nursetalksite.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/cover_walkingaftermidnight.jpg

One of my students had a bit of a tooth discoloration issue, and she came to class the other day and it was gone. I was going to tell her that her teeth looked good but it would have been embarrassing, so I just told her it was nice to see her smile.

Teeth.

how does this fit in with your aversion to stories of dentistry?

Well, I was happy for her because she looked great, but didn't want to hear details. I can't really go into detail (here) about why I am terrified of dentists or have dental work phobia, but the teeth identifying/noticing thing is way older than that.

I don't remember where I mentioned this before, but I used to call Jimmy Carter "Teeth" because when I looked at him that was all I saw (as a wee child, I mean).

there was a whole thing on 60 min last night about ppl with face blindness, but none of them had super teeth vision.

This weekend ilx user Trip Maker and I were going to be at the same show, but I wasn't 100% sure what he looked like. I was pretty sure that I remembered his teeth from this thread. I figured if I saw him and recognized him, I would say hi. Of course I would!

So I was sitting on the steps, in the way, and someone sat down next to me and smiled. Within 0.05 seconds I knew who it was, and I have never met this person before in my life.

Thanks, teeth!

:D

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
blinded by the light
awful huge fake ones

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7mm4rQhd21qzy531o1_500.jpg

also not sure if i love or hate this cover but i guess i think it's pretty cute

http://shop.miadoitodd.com/media/wysiwyg/Screen_shot_2012-07-30_at_12.18.29_PM.jpg

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mclxw9dWFh1qgzqeto1_500.jpg

love keira knightley's teeth

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md8nmmzDxc1qzy531o1_500.jpg

The guy ive been seeing recently has interestingly crooked teeth and tbh I love 'em, like I do the housemates. I mean there's a point where one'd draw the line - rotten Shame McGowan style teeth come to mind - but horesey or crooked teeth give one some intrigue and interest I think.

lol @ "Shame" McGowan.

Oh, indeed! Health is an essential component of teeth. I'm mostly interested in their shape, arrangement in the mouth, and proportion to lip/gum.

mine are a little drifty, but not too noticeably -- what is the opinion of slight space between top front teeth?

Depends on the teeth but usually I prize distinctiveness over perfection.

"perfection" = uniformity in shape and size (which i don't believe is perfection but i forgot the scare quotes)

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2545/3686919253_2fc6a402b2.jpg

When I had my wisdom teeth out a few years ago.

my sympathies to LL : (

Gosh, sorry - just read OP! If it's any consolation, my wisdom teeth extraction wasn't a horror story: it's literally the only dental work I've ever had done, and it went swimmingly. Hurt like hell, of course, but the drugs and ice cream were great.

omg that was unwelcome and alarming

i would like to ask to have that image removed but this is a democracy but please know that i am making a face

britishes innit, that's what we all look like all the time.

btw, LL, if you haven't seen the new James Bond film, you may want to avert your eyes at a scene of tooth horror

noted

Happy for a mod to remove that image; wopuildn't have posted it if I'd read the OP first - just saw the thread title and thought "Oh, my wisdom teeth photo"...

I know. It's ok. I would not be opposed to having it extracted (lol)

sick mouthy indeed!

wonder how many more times i am going to have to see this guy's picture on facebook
but
he has appealing teeth so honestly it doesn't really bother me

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/382028_10151174983342730_1814883642_n.jpg

teeth look real, skeptical of ticket

In the multiplied objects of the external world, I had no thoughts but for the teeth.

I think that might be Kenny Loggins.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdtndrz0UQ1rcq6xho1_500.jpg

LL, what do you think of parker posey's teeth?

they're big for her mouth, possibly larger than ideal
kind of like mine!

http://cdn02.cdn.justjared.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/posey-backwards-heels/parker-posey-backwards-heels-03.jpg

I must guiltily admit that made me search for a picture of her with vampire teeth from her appearance in the Blade franchise

they're very square and neatly aligned
i'd guess she had braces

that's what stood out to me too when I watched her in louie!

'parker posey teeth' shows her in braces

mine are somewhat devolving, what with a bit of floating around with age and a few chips here and there :/

not that this has any bearing on ms. posey and her excellent teeth

show me your teeth

^^ name of the thread

speaking of parker posey and her teeth, they are on full display here and have an interesting/contrasty counterpart in amber tamblyn's rabbity teeth

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18cp9c1y24zk5jpg/original.jpg

too large for her mouth otm

still, everyone looks good with a big genuine smile imo

Found nine of my permanent teeth in a shot glass when going through boxes in my closet this past week. I've had ten removed, but one wisdom tooth is missing, I think it got pulverized during the removal process. I could take pictures. Shot glass is from the Johnson Space Center!

Whoa wait you have your teeth in a shot glass in your closet? That's pretty tuff.

Well, now they're in a shot glass on the shelf in my bedroom.

For the record I had 5 wisdom teeth, they were all impacted, and I have none of them.

Your shot glass full of teeth scares me, but in kind of a good way.

i hope yr bedroom shelf is on its way to resembling jeff goldblum's bathroom cabinet in the fly.

My cat snuck into the teleporter and I am growing a lovely tail and eating more fish.

this tumblr made me sweat with fear
like, i actually broke out in a sweat while looking at it
http://actresseswithoutteeth.tumblr.com/

Basically everyone looks either really surprised or like Ozzy Osbourne.

Or like a howling toothless prisoner enjoying her last few moments of fresh air before being thrown back into the well where she has lived for the last dozen years while her teeth fell out (Dakota Fanning aside, she has been down there her whole life)

Or Albert Steptoe from Steptoe & Son.

Posh Spice wisely keeping her lips sealed.

When ever this thread gets bumped, I hear the title to the times of Show Me Your Soul

The tune

Looool this one?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdSRviwq6Qo

these extra whitening toothpastes don't compromise on cavity/bacteria/plaque protection do they? do they just add extra cleaning agents?

I remember my old dentist telling me that they can make teeth more sensitive, but I'd really (personally) rather not discuss the minutiae of dental sensitivity tbrr.

That's p much the only info I have too.

much appreciated! no problem - bad experiences of dental sensitivity?

john doe's teeth used to be so wonderful and distinctive
now they look like everyone else's :(

http://margaretlabombard.com/wp-content/uploads/John-Doe-400x250.jpg

https://scontent-b-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10156790_10152741669753783_8487146208072450805_n.jpg?oh=5ea9989af59bf6c3e20f3bedd1d3d2c6&oe=548EC2BA

Nice!

This thread has totally changed the way I smile for pictures.

i just found this old x-ray from 2006:

https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/934806_10152379092785959_5682246646847685078_n.jpg?oh=5b612da793aefd0245c01f5f303eee22&oe=549A8D7F

xp - that's a new one! i haven't had my picture taken in a while so i don't have anything to post

that's a pretty cool xray/rain

a moment of silence for sam shepard's old teeth
they were great even when he got older, gave his face so much character
disappointment second only to bowie (so far)
http://www.famouspeopleinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Sam-Shepard-5.jpg

granted he has a pretty spectacular face but still

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8749/16689311519_d42e6b2459.jpg
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7591/16255472613_403e54e82b.jpg

fancy!