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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRomney's teeth
I am amazed (shocked) that will all the money Romney has he hasn't used some of it to make his teeth look better.
I guess I've been noticing his teeth a lot lately because I need to go to the dentist, but do not have enough extra money to get all the work that needs to be done on mine right now!
Edited to add:
What I meant was replacing the gold crowns with white ones that blend in with his real ones
What's wrong with his teeth? They look fine to me.
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)Kind of looks like it to me.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)I guess I'm not familiar enough with the ins-and-outs of dentistry but I thought gold teeth were from a different era and that someone rich like Romney would have had them replaced with implants or natural looking caps. Unless maybe he likes to flaunt a mouth full of gold like some people did generations ago. I would think a politician would be at least as sensitive about his teeth as a movie star and I don't know too many of those who have gold in their mouth and prefer to go with a natural look.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Folks that are in the public eye having their photo taken all the time you would think would want their teeth to look better as good as they possibly can.
White enamel caps look a heck of a lot better that having shiny gold showing when you're smiling and talking.
There have been lots of photos of the gold tooth on Romney's left side, this photo is the first time I've seen the gold one on the right.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)mine are old and my dentist is champing to replace with pearly white
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)I spent too many years as a poor musician and then trying to break into the movie business and had no money to take care of them until I later sold out on my dreams. But I would have thought people like Romney who are obsessed with perfect hair and clothes would go with a natural look at any cost.
Betsy Ross
(3,147 posts)IF I had his money, I get the work done.
ForgoTheConsequence
(4,869 posts)If those teeth look "bad" you guys would have a field day with my crooked teeth. They look fine, Americans are obsessed with perfect straight white teeth.
lumpy
(13,704 posts)n
flyguyjake
(492 posts)Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)I don't see whatever it is you're seeing. He has a couple of crowns it looks like, and probably fillings, but he's 65, he has very good teeth from what I can see (although I can't tell for sure, but those front incisors look like they may be a partial denture or bridgework).
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Sorry, I just think the gold crowns look tacky.
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)no point in having them replaced if it's not necessary. (Americans are very shallow when it comes to teeth, though, as observed elsewhere in this thread.)
TexasBushwhacker
(20,214 posts)Enamel may look better, but they tend to crack and they can be uncomfortable when eating cold things. I think his teeth look fine.
davidn3600
(6,342 posts)Called BruxZir. Made from solid zirconia. And look like a real tooth.
jsr
(7,712 posts)aletier_v
(1,773 posts)There's a reason they used gold for fillings in the old days.
Ceramic is more brittle, gold is softer and wears together better.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Generic Other
(28,979 posts)Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Isn't that sort strange for a cowboy?
Skittles
(153,193 posts)no SIR
Quantess
(27,630 posts)His teeth look fine. Who cares?
B Calm
(28,762 posts)he has laid off, chances are he wouldn't have any teeth.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,364 posts)... or thirty-two of them.
Maybe a grammar guru can sort that out.
I have some gold crowns. Good choppers/grinders.
MFM008
(19,818 posts)its whats above his mouth.....higher......
onenote
(42,759 posts)There are plenty of substantive things we can be pointing out about Romney. His teeth? When a substantial portion of the voting age population has gold fillings etc.? Dumb. Just dumb.