The OPTISMILE Podcast 116 - Social Media & Dentistry - Trends vs Truth
TikTok and Instagram have turned the mouth into a content category. Nail-file enamel contouring, oil pulling, charcoal scrubs, lemon juice and baking soda whitening, DIY elastic-band braces and unlicensed veneer technicians all circulate as harmless-looking hacks, and they are shared onward by people who never even opened the app.
Some of it is merely a waste of money. Some of it causes permanent, irreversible damage.
In this episode Dr Clifford Yudelman goes through ten of the most persistent social media dental trends and separates what is nonsense from what is actively dangerous.
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