# Why do people missing a front tooth look like they're an idiot?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 24, 2017, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-missing-a-front-tooth-look-like-theyre-an-idiot/794522 "2017-08-24T05:31:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-missing-a-front-tooth-look-like-theyre-an-idiot/794522/21 "2017-08-25T15:22:12Z")

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Hmmmm…as a 57 yr old adult with a missing front tooth I take exception to the OP’s premiss.

I lost part of my lest front tooth when I was about 23, I had it filed into a ‘‘fang’’ looking point, and capped [crowned]. Because of a large overbite [and a propensity to be loud and verbal] the cap failed numerous times, once on a kitchen line…flying across the line and landing in a bain marie of french onion soup. Both the soup and my crown got replaced.

Fast forward several years i had a root canal , the tooth filed to the the gum line and posted…another new crown. Since then i have had it redone no less than 4 times…in 20 or so years. The post kept snapping even thought they were titanium.

Fast forward again to last year…it snapped again and i swallowed the crown, no, i did not ‘sieve’ for it. I have remained ‘front toothless’ since because i am tired of the frustration, expense and hassle of replacing it…only option now is a 3-tooth bridge or a very costly bone implant. I already have well over 10k total into my front toothless smile, I couldn’t give even a half of a fuck what others think…I have an IQ well above ‘5’, I am not a dope or a backwoods hill billy or a drunkard, and i smell good too.

I am , however, a Straight Doper…and i appreciated good beer.

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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-missing-a-front-tooth-look-like-theyre-an-idiot/794522/22 "2017-08-25T17:11:05Z")

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> [@aceplace57](#):
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> My dental policy only covers half the cost of expensive procedures. It does pay 100% for yearly exams and cleanings.

Fascinating. Might you regale us with more details of your insurance policy?

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