Sunday is Weird Dental News Day

Each Sunday I will be writing about a wacky or weird dental-related news story I’ve come across on the internet. If you’ll remember, back when I started Dental Heroes I promised to include some content that lightens up the dental care discussion a little bit, and I think Sunday posts will do just that.

Avril Lavigne to get vampire teeth removed

You may think that this post title was simply made up to get your attention. Believe it or not, according to Stv.tv,

“Avril Lavigne is set to have significant dental work because she is so self-conscious about her “fangs”…

Fangs? Take a look at a picture of Avril Lavigne, and see what she’s so worried about. If you ask me, those are hardly “fangs”. Besides, take a look around you. Most people have very pointy and large canine teeth. It’s not abnormal, and certainly nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, the canine teeth have a very specific function, which is to hold food in place so that it can be torn and chewed.

However, it is certainly easy for me to tell Avril to suck it up, but I’m also not performing in front of thousands of people like she is. I probably wouldn’t feel comfortable with that many people staring at things I’m sensitive about, either.

How do you feel about cosmetic alterations?

So, that brings me to the question I want to ask you about her conundrum(believe me, it was not to talk about Avril Lavigne). What do you think about cosmetic alterations of the body? Are they helpful, harmful, or are you indifferent?

P.S. For those of you who are worried about how Avril will pay for the dental work, you can stop worrying, because reports claim that she has pocketed more than $1 million dollars from her latest video, Girlfriend, available on Youtube.

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