So much shame come to this since this is one of my MAIN insecurities, but here it goes. Well I’m in grade 9 and I have a space between my 2 upper teeth, although they’re not dramatic put noticeable. So one time I was cleaning them and I put petroleum oil on it and poof it looked like I had PERFECT teeth no space no nothing. I was so happy but while I was talking to myself through happiness, something bad happened! It doesn’t harden! If it did I would have perfect teeth. And my parents are really tight with money so they can’t get braces but my teeth are perfect except for the space. So does any know something I could put between it and that hardens so I can be happy like I was when it looked like I had perfect teeth. Thanks for any help, I’d greatly appreciate it!
Talk to your parents and your dentist. Ask them about bonding, it will fill in the gaps, and it is cheaper than braces.
I don’t think they can they have to pay off alotta bills right now and…my teeth been really bothering me. So do you or anyone happen to know something that can harden and that I can put through?
Don’t put anything permanent in your mouth that’s not designed to be there.
Really, look into the bonding that pipefitter recommended.
And I really doubt that anyone else sees the small gap as much of a defect at all. We are often the worst critics of our appearance.
You are right nerd ( no pun intended ) I still don’t think I’ll get that bond thing, probably only within like years my parents are in REAL BIG DEBT. I don’t know because if I did have my teeth perfect I would have so much self confidence in myself. Because when I put the petroleum oil on them and say how seamlessly my teeth looked perfect I was actually like “Girl, you look good!” and then when I kept cheering it went away, and then I just said “Woow, you’re really ugly…” …
I had bonding done about twelve years ago to cover stains on my front two teeth (born that way). The bonding isn’t permanent- it erodes and has to be replaced. I should have had it replaced two years ago, but I declined because it’s only going to erode again. The new thing now is porcelain veneer laminants. I declined those also because they are obscenely expensive (~$700 per tooth) and since they are purely cosmetic, insurance won’t go for them.
I know that at your age, looks & self esteem are hugely important; the only thing I can offer is that when you’ve grown into your mid-late 20s, you’ll look back and think about how silly it was to be worried about such things. You’ll have much more pressing matters like liposuction & hair transplanting to worry about 
Don’t think of it as a flaw or defect- just think of it as a difference. We’re all different, and in all different ways. Why, just have a look at this big nose of mine. And how about that DC dopefest we had a few months ago… hoooo-wee what a load of goofy-looking people that was!
How dull this world would be if we were all alike in every way.
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Kunimitsu
I have always heard that a space between your front teeth is a sign of intelligence.
Aha intelligence? Well not in my case. Opus forget boding, lol. Oh yeah there’s this guy like you his 2 front teeth are grayish black but woow he’s ultra cute so to him it’s more of a original and positive thing. To me you can say it’s original but not positive oh no. I did the thing with petroleum oil again and I was just sooooooooo happy I just “Woow man, I gotta look this. I actually look good!” but yeah bonding and braces are out of the question because what I stated earlier in my other post. But would any of you know of anything? I just want something like that permanent. I can’t get on idea as to what though, I’m with all the pretty girls and they are just perfect but I wanna Woow the guys just once. So if ANY of you know of ANYTHING just please tell me, there has to be something.
I feel for you, I really do. Hey, it isn’t so much what your teeth look like, objectively, as what they make you feel like.
That said, really, honestly don’t go for any quick fixes that will be permanent. Your teeth are permanent in the strictest sense. With any luck, you’ll be buried with all of them, many, many decades hence. Anything you do now “on the cheap” may well look hideous in a few years, not to mention costing boocundle dollars to undo.
This sounds really stoogey, but it’s based on my experience: talk to your high school counselor, for starters. (Yes, some are total dorks: mine was, but it’s a place to start.) There ARE doctors, and anonymous deep-pocket patrons out there who may be willing to fund the orthodontia.
(BTW, if it’s just a gap, it may not require enormous amounts of time and money. Some spacers and bands may do it.)
But also visit some othrodontists in your area. Explain your situation. Offer to do some cleaning, yard work, etc. in exchange for dental work. Pure truth: some doctors are money-grubbers, but MOST of them honestly went into the field to make a difference. They’re barraged by litigation, insurance nightmares, HMO’s, government regs, etc. but most do honestly want to do health care.
Give them a chance to offer. Be persistent, be polite and ALWAYS thank them for their time–even the jerks. But keep trying. You’re a bit young for this, but try to find out the cost/tax/liability implications for pro bono work. Let your fingers do the walking; check out the yellow pages for medical and legal help associations.
All of it will show you’re serious, you take THEIR time and issues seriously, and you’re willing.
Best of all luck to you. And let us know how it’s coming, okay? If you run into a roadblock, you have a nifty network of advisors here.
Veb
Don’t sweat it kid. I had a gap between my teeth when I was about your age and it closed up with time. I was kinda sorry to see it go.
I used to walk around with a toothpick wedged in there and sticking straight out, could get a mouthful of water and spray a really long stream that impressed my friends, and when I began smoking, I used to blast a stream of smoke through it.
No one really cared about it being there. Anything you can put in there yourself is not going to stay and might damage your teeth. A good dentist would tell you not to sweat it until you stop growing. Mine closed up somewhere between the ages of 22 and 29 – I don’t know because I never paid attention to it after high school. (Adults don’t get a thrill out of firehosing water through dental gaps.)
** Kunimitsu, ** I don’t know where you live, but get your telephone book out and see if you can find a dental college in your area. Or go online and see where the closest one to you happens to be. CALL them, explain the situation just like you have here. Many times they’ll do work for free or for cost just for the practice.
Then tell your parents. There is * nothing * that you could buy that would harden that would be safe for you to place in your mouth.
Now, go try to find one in your area, and come back and tell us how it went, okay?? 
There’s probably no convincing you that you don’t need to fix the gap between your teeth, but if that’s the worst physical defect you can find, then you should consider yourself lucky! Personally, I could use a new nose, chin and ears for starters. At least consider waiting a few years to see if the gap closes by itself, as in Sentinel’s case.
Whatever you do, take our advice and don’t try to fix it yourself! You can really screw up your teeth permanently!
Has anybody else commented on your teeth, or is it just something you notice when you examine yourself in the mirror? Most of us tend to be extremely critical of our own appearance.
-JB
Kuni,
I don’t mean to comment on the way you feel about your teeth, but I have a gap right there as well. I used to hate it. Then it realized it was one of those things that made me…ME!
Alas, the gaps still widens…AcK!! time to get that stupid little frenula muscle cut! G_Dammed little mongrel bastard…
I too had a gap between between my two front teeth. About two years ago I had porcelain veneers put on. Luckily the dentist is a friend of mine and he did it for free, although I do have to take him to dinner from time to time just to “re-thank” him.
Point is, so many people have commented that that little gap was “sexy” and part of my personality. I’m kinda sorry I don’t have that “little something” different about me anymore.
I know you feel really insecure about it but trust me, it’s not as bad as you think it is. Smile. Be proud of it. Also, remember to smile in photographs. You’ll look back someday at old photos and it looks like you were never happy!
Hey kiddo, check this out and take heart http://www.lesblank.com/more/gap.html
or this http://www.gap-toothed.com/
…don’t change a thing
I looked my teeth today and I just cryed so much, I’ve never cried that much before. That site doesn’t make me feel much better. I just feel like crying now…
I looked at my teeth once more, I saw this hot guy ( Tha hottest guy in our skool ) his name is Jody. He was just so perfetc especially his smile, I liked his smile so much. When me and my girl Nadine were joking around she said “Goto the orthodontic” inside I was broken but I brushed it off like it was nothing. I just looked at the mirrior again, and just my teeth make me look ugly, it covers up my looks that can actually be good. Again I cried even more than I did before, I just said “I’m so ugly to myself” only smiles came when I put on the petroleum oil on them, it just seamlessly makes my teeth and my looks look perfect for me. I know there is something you guys know of something but just won’t tell me. I’m even more depressed now than I ever was before. Just please tell me…
I looked at my teeth once more, I saw this hot guy ( Tha hottest guy in our skool ) his name is Jody. He was just so perfetc especially his smile, I liked his smile so much. When me and my girl Nadine were joking around she said “Goto the orthodontic” inside I was broken but I brushed it off like it was nothing. I just looked at the mirrior again, and just my teeth make me look ugly, it covers up my looks that can actually be good. Again I cried even more than I did before, I just said “I’m so ugly to myself” only smiles came when I put on the petroleum oil on them, it just seamlessly makes my teeth and my looks look perfect for me. I know there is something you guys know of something but just won’t tell me. I’m even more depressed now than I ever was before. Just please tell me…
I looked at my teeth once more, I saw this hot guy ( Tha hottest guy in our skool ) his name is Jody. He was just so perfetc especially his smile, I liked his smile so much. When me and my girl Nadine were joking around she said “Goto the orthodontic” inside I was broken but I brushed it off like it was nothing. I just looked at the mirrior again, and just my teeth make me look ugly, it covers up my looks that can actually be good. Again I cried even more than I did before, I just said “I’m so ugly to myself” only smiles came when I put on the petroleum oil on them, it just seamlessly makes my teeth and my looks look perfect for me. I know there is something you guys know of something but just won’t tell me. I’m even more depressed now than I ever was before. Just please tell me…
I looked at my teeth once more, I saw this hot guy ( Tha hottest guy in our skool ) his name is Jody. He was just so perfetc especially his smile, I liked his smile so much. When me and my girl Nadine were joking around she said “Goto the orthodontic” inside I was broken but I brushed it off like it was nothing. I just looked at the mirrior again, and just my teeth make me look ugly, it covers up my looks that can actually be good. Again I cried even more than I did before, I just said “I’m so ugly to myself” only smiles came when I put on the petroleum oil on them, it just seamlessly makes my teeth and my looks look perfect for me. I know there is something you guys know of something but just won’t tell me. I’m even more depressed now than I ever was before. Just please tell me…