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TEENS inspired by The Twilight Saga and other vampire-related pop culture are having Dracula-style fangs put in their mouths by cosmetic dentists, myFOXhouston.com reported.
In most cases the young fans spend around $200 of their money – or their parents money – on temporary vampire veneers.
Taylor Wilkins, 16, had the fangs installed at the midtown Houston office of Floss Dental.
“I’m Team Edward,” Wilkins said, “and he has them, so…”
For those unfamiliar with the teen-targeted Twilight series of books and films, Team Edward backs the vampire played by Robert Pattinson and Team Jacob favors Taylor Lautner’s werewolf character.
In the clinic Dr Clint Herzog applied tooth-coloured resin to Wilkins’ canines then shaped the composite into gently-sloped fangs.
“It’s similar to the material that we use to bond braces on the teeth,” he explained. “So it can be put on and taken off very easily with no damage to the teet
The dentist, who operates five offices in Texas, says vampire veneers are in demand, especially in suburbia.
“In the areas where we have a lot of people that follow Twilight, yeah, we get a lot of calls.”
By the time he was finished with the 15-minute procedure, Wilkins sported a subtle but distinctive set of fangs.
“I was really excited to get them,” she says. “It didn’t hurt at all.”
But the true test was to comes later, when her mother rendered judgment.
“I almost didn’t notice that she had it done,” says Jamie Wilkins, “until she really smiled and then they were noticeable.”
Her mum also stressed this vampire life will be short-lived – the fangs are coming off before school starts.
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