Here’s an interesting tidbit of information on Wheel of Fortune host Vanna White: like many people, she grinds her teeth at night. In a detailed interview with Dear Doctor magazine, Vanna explained how she had to replace a filling in a back tooth several times because of her grinding habit. Eventually, she had her dentist […]
Celebrity Smiles
“Tooth Fairy” Brady Reiter Works Her Magic for Children’s Oral Health Charity
Categories: Oral Health
Did you know that severe tooth decay is America’s #1 chronic childhood disease? Actress Brady Reiter didn’t know either — until she became the star of the movie Tooth Fairy 2, and then joined forces with the National Children’s Oral Health Foundation: America’s ToothFairy®. “Before, I didn’t even realize what can happen to kids if […]
Bill Rancic’s Smile Helps Close the Deal
Categories: Dental Procedures
Can having a great smile help land you a high-level business position, a TV show, and a bride? Maybe — at least if you go by the example of Bill Rancic. The 42-year-old Chicago native is well known as the first winner of NBC-TV’sThe Apprentice, a reality show where contestants vied for a job with […]
Kristin Cavallari’s “Spaghetti Catcher” – First Step To A Winning Smile
Categories: Dental Procedures
Kristin Cavallari’s flawless smile has been featured on TV, film and magazine covers. But the 25-year-old actress and reality-show personality didn’t always have a perfect set of teeth. In fact, she told Dear Doctormagazine — where readers recently voted to crown her with the “Smile of the Year” award — that her dental treatments began […]
Matthew Lewis’s Metamorphosis
Categories: Dental Procedures
Remember Matthew Lewis? You’ve seen him in all of the Harry Pottermovies, where he played the bumbling Neville Longbottom: a pudgy, teenage wizard-in-training whose teeth could best be described as… dodgy. We won’t spoil the movie by telling you what happens to him in the end — but in real life, let’s just say his […]
Kristin Cavallari and the Mystery of the Bathroom Sink
Categories: Oral Health
While she was pregnant with her son Camden Jack Cutler, 25-year-old Kristin Cavallari noticed an odd occurrence in her bathroom sink: “Every time I floss, my sink looks like I murdered somebody!” the actress and reality-TV personality exclaimed. Should we be concerned that something wicked is going on with the star of Laguna Beach and […]
Actor Ed Helms’ Tooth-Yanking Trick: It Was a Dental Implant!
Categories: Dental Implants, Dental Procedures
The lengths that some comedians will go to for a laugh! Actor Ed Helms, as dentist Stu Price, pulled out his own tooth in the movie The Hangover. Or did he? Turns out Helms really is missing a tooth, which never grew in. When he was in his late teens, he received a dental implant […]
