Tag Archives: snaggle tooth

Mirror, Mirror: My Snaggletooth Rules

Anna GoldfarbOctober 27, 2011 //
Want Crooked Teeth?
In Japan, you can buy a clip-on snaggle! Read More »
Snaggled Beauties
These goddesses have quirky smiles to be proud of! 9 Photos »
Gap-Toothed Cuties
These 20 beauties have gap-toothed smiles. 21 Photos »

Like a lot of people, my teeth were pushed and pulled with a variety of contraptions during my formative years. It all started innocently enough in 5th grade when I got spacers. Tiny rubber bands were wound between metal brackets that had been twisted around my back teeth. This was the first sign that my preteens were going to be painful and not because of my unflattering haircut and spotty  fashion sense; those bands were an agent of torture. Sure, they came in bright, fun colors, but I learned quickly that neon pink things can be used as a torture device too. When my jaw became too sore to snack on Hot Pockets after school as per my usual routine, I knew that shit was getting real. Keep reading »

Would You Pay For Crooked Teeth?

Amelia McDonell-ParryOctober 24, 2011 //
Snaggled Beauties
These goddesses have quirky smiles to be proud of! 9 Photos »
Gap-Toothed Cuties
These 20 beauties have gap-toothed smiles. 21 Photos »

At around age 14, I got braces to straighten my protruding incisor teeth; they looked like fangs, basically. I also had to wear rubberbands to correct my overbite. For three years, I had some form of metal in my mouth and as a result my smile is now pretty close to “perfect”; it would be closer to perfect if I had deigned to wear my retainer more. 

Apparently — and don’t tell my parents, who spent thousands on orthodontics over those few years — my straight teeth are also terribly unstylish. A story in Sunday’s New York Times Style section reveals that crooked smiles are all the rage in Japan. Called “yaeba,” or “double tooth” in Japanese, if  you’re not snaggle-toothed naturally — or had your snaggle corrected by orthodontics as a teenager — you can get the look cosmetically, as women are opting to have fake snaggles attached to their real teeth with glue. Consider my mind blown. Keep reading »

Slideshow: Quirky Celebrity Smiles!

Amelia McDonell-ParryMay 30, 2008 //

Just because you’re a rich and famous celebrity doesn’t mean you’ll spend thousands on the perfect smile (well, unless you’re Hilary Duff, who spent thousands on a freakishly huge one). After the jump, nine of our favorite celebrities and the wacky smiles that are part of their charm. Keep reading »