Buying teeth... online, a dangerous beauty trend

Get plastic dentures, use a solution called “dental glue” to attach dentures to real teeth, create charming crooked teeth. This is one of the beauty hobbies of a part of young people today. Experts say that using beauty products of unknown origin and quality poses a potential danger to health in the long run.

Beautify with... floating fangs

Fake canine teeth and fangs are now being sold on many websites and door-to-door. With just a click, buyers can freely choose the place of purchase, tooth type and size.

Fake teeth and dental glue bought online.

The website rangnanhgia.com offers many types of fangs and canine teeth in sizes 17mm, 15mm, 13mm... made of polymer, priced from 85,000 VND/set of 2 to 100,000 VND/set. There is a promotional address for tooth glue at 35,000 VND/set, along with many images of hot girls smiling charmingly showing off their canine teeth and canine teeth and instructions: "Teeth can be used many times, can be removed and installed depending on time, eat and drink normally, just avoid eating and drinking hard and hot foods...".

By phone number 0977xxx, we contacted the Mai shop in Lao Cai, the owner (name not given) gave quick instructions: "How to attach teeth, watch on Youtube, the fake canine tooth material is made of plastic, the tooth glue is rosin, mix rosin with white powder to attach the canine tooth. For other information, see online".

Potentially toxic

Dr. Tran Ngoc Dinh, former Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City Odonto-Stomatology Hospital, said that fake canine teeth products sold online are for entertainment purposes based on real dental aesthetics. Because in dentistry, there are also dental aesthetics using many materials such as porcelain and diamonds. The worrying thing is that unlabeled products and floating goods cannot be guaranteed to be free of toxic residues.

Dr. Tran Ngoc Dinh checks the materials for fake canine teeth.

According to Dr. Tran Ngoc Dinh, a group of young people competing to do "fake" beauty treatments like above is bringing disaster upon themselves. The abuse of beauty materials of unknown origin and quality, used for a long time, accidentally brings toxins into the body, causing oral diseases, simply causing tartar where dentures are attached, gingivitis, periodontitis...

Associate Professor, Dr. Dang Chi Hien, Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Chemistry, said that dental products and denture adhesive materials sold online do not have labels or ingredients, and no one can guarantee that they do not contain heavy metal toxins such as lead, mercury, and arsenic, which are harmful to teeth, gums, and the digestive system when entering the body through the mouth.

In addition, when liquid solution and white powder are combined together, do they create other toxins? Is the set of 2 plastic teeth guaranteed to be safe for health?

The product is disguised as a beauty product and is used as an entertainment toy, targeting the psychology of young people, but is dangerous to health as users are gradually introducing toxic substances into their bodies through the mouth, which can cause gingivitis and, more dangerously, nasopharyngeal cancer.

“Goods sold online are being left unchecked in terms of quality and origin, management agencies cannot control them, and consumers are not aware of the long-term health risks, and the cause of serious diseases such as cancer is also due to the accumulation of toxic substances over time,” said Associate Professor, Dr. Dang Chi Hien.

In cosmetic dentistry, there is still cosmetic tooth attachment, but customers must go to a dental specialist to perform cosmetic dentistry, dental materials must have labels, chemical ingredients must be tested, licensed for safe use on humans, and raw materials must be purchased through official channels. Abroad, the purchase and sale of raw materials for the dental industry in particular, and medicine in general, related to human health, cannot be bought and sold arbitrarily.