Is there anything that radio and TV personality (and self-proclaimed “King of All Media”) Howard Stern doesn’t want to talk about in public? Maybe not — but it took a caller’s on-air question to get the infamous shock jock to open up about his own dental work. When he was directly asked if his teeth […]
Celebrity Smiles
Are mouthguards important? Just ask Fitness Expert Jillian Michaels
Categories: Oral Health
Protecting one’s smile is important at any age. This is especially true for people who participate in contact sports or other activities where a trauma to the mouth can occur. While we all tend to believe that we are safe and that injuries “only happen to other people,” we could not be further from the […]
What Dental Device Does TV Host Vanna White Keep on her Nightstand?
Categories: Oral Health
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 […]
“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 […]
