DIY dental “hacks” have gone viral on the social media platform and can range from short tutorials on how to make your own veneers to prying off braces with a spoon.
One dentist on TikTok known as The Braces Guy warned viewers that even if a person did manage to pry off their braces using a spoon, they would still need to be evaluated since the brace residue would still be on the teeth. Not to mention it’s likely their teeth would begin to shift back without getting a retainer, meaning they’d need braces all over again.Another DIY video showed a woman filling in the spaces between her teeth with dental filler.
Many viewers are advocating for the hacks for one particular reason in the comments: Going to the dentist is just too expensive, they say. Some TikTokers who regret doing dental DIY work are now speaking out, too, including one woman who said she had such bad pain after trying to straighten her teeth with a nail filer that she had to go into the dentist to get it resolved anyway.