Missing Tooth Replacement Kit Gap Filler Temporary Teeth

My front tooth broke (it has a root filling in, so fortunately not painful), but it made me look like an old fishwife. Due to the pandemic, the dentist couldn’t fit me in to crown it for over a month and I had a couple of interviews coming up - yikes! I found this stuff on good old Amazon and despite the mixed reviews, decided to give it a try.I was a bit apprehensive, but checked out a couple of videos online and it seemed straightforward enough. You drop the beads into hot water and they merge and form a kind of soft putty that you make a tooth out of. The blurb on the pack said that the water should be about 60 degrees, but that didn’t work too well for me so I used it almost boiling - gave the kettle about 30 seconds to go off the boil before pouring out, and that did the trick.So you pour about an inch or so of hot water into a container (I found a glass tumbler worked better than a cup as I could see them in there better). Drop about 8-10 beads in (maybe more if it’s a big tooth); when they go transparent, give them a stir with a spoon and they will start to stick together, then using the spoon, fish the lump of goo out and start squidging it together before pushing into the gap in your teeth. You have a bit of time to mould it before it goes too hard - play about with it and bite down so that it’s not too prominent and once happy with it, you can take it out and put in cold water to harden, then it kind of snaps back in.After that, you’re supposed to put them in tea to darken them a bit (because as we know, only USA news readers have teeth that white (oh and that bloke off Love Island the other year who shacked up with Dani Dyer).The tea thing has been a bit hit and miss for me TBH, I’ve never managed to get the colour right, but you get loads of the little beads in the pack so you can keep trying and see how it goes. Oh and you can also re-mould the tooth you’ve made if it isn’t quite right - just put it back in hot water and it will go soft again.Something else to note is that you are supposed to remove the tooth to eat. This hadn't really been a problem as they mostly felt like I had something in my mouth that needed to be removed when eating, but on my 3rd attempt, I managed to make a tooth that was so comfortable and secure that I left it in when I ate. I was eating a chicken and mushroom pot noodle (gastro special!) and when I’d finished, I noticed that the tooth had gone yellow (I guess they put turmeric in pot noodles!). So there’s a tip - even if it feels OK, probably best to take it out when eating. I haven’t had a problem with discolouration when drinking tea/coffee etc though.The photo I’ve attached shows 3 teeth I’ve made - the smaller, yellow one is the pot noodle one 😎There are quite a lot of negative reviews for this product, but I think it’s worth it and if you don’t succeed the first time, keep trying. People I know have said that if they really pay attention, then it does look different to the other teeth, but only because they are looking for it. It’s definitely not as noticeable as a big gap, and given that most of us are about 2m away from each other lately, probably not really noticeable at all.

I saw the bad reviews and thought that I'd still be able to pull it off with commitment.Nope. When these do go translucent (which is when the instructions says they're ready to mold), they are too hard to mold. You can't get the water hot or cool enough for it to be workable.I stayed up until late to try to master it at the expense of sleep. With only 6 hours I had to cancel the shoot I had booked the next day!Pay attention to the few bad reviews and invest in something reliable.

Impractical

I only purchased this product due to the other reviews so thought I should add my own as I'm absolutely delighted.One of my lower front teeth was always a bit longer than the others and it never occurred to me that it was taking more of the impact when biting into something hard like a crispy apple. Then 3 years ago there was an awful cracking sound when I bit into a particularly firm Granny Smith and the tooth was suddenly loose.For the next 3 years it got progressively looser and it drove me mad as I couldn't use my front teeth at all. It was almost a relief when it finally fell out of its own accord last month. My mouth feels fine and I don't miss it at all until I look in the mirror and then obviously it looks terrible. I'd love an implant but can't afford it right now so I came upon this product and thought it was worth a try.It took me 4 attempts to make a usable tooth but I didn't waste any of the product because I just melted it back down again. I found the YouTube tutorials really helpful and would definitely advise that as a starting point.I boiled the kettle and filled an egg cup and left it 30 seconds before putting in 12 beads and stirred them till they stuck together. Then I removed them and shaped them into a tooth which I then pressed into the gap. It's important to press from behind first and then squeeze it on both sides so it completely fills the gap. Its best to stand in front of the mirror so you can see what you're doing. Press downwards from behind so that it overlaps the gum at the back. This gives support and also a lever to remove it. You only have about 30 seconds before it starts to harden so take it out just as it begins to firm up and run it under the cold tap.Although my finished tooth fit the gap well it was uneven at the top so I dipped the top only in almost boiling water to soften it and sliced it off with a knife. I tried to file it but it's so hard once it sets I was getting nowhere.The finished colour is Simon Cowell white and my own teeth looked horrendous next to it. Others have suggested soaking it in cold tea but I tried to be clever and used turmeric and it ended up like a daffodil so definitely don't try that! Luckily I checked it after 5 minutes and was able to scour it to a more acceptable shade of yellow, more like my own teeth I'm sorry to say. It's still not a perfect match but you have to be close up to notice and it's so good to have a full set of bottom teeth all the same length for the first time ever that I don't care. It's amazing to be able to look normal again and not feel self conscious.I don't wear it at home and I haven't tried eating with it in so not sure what I'd do at a restaurant. Probably just slip it out while I was eating.You get a lot of beads, probably enough for a dozen teeth but if your first attempt is no good just melt it down again, no need to waste the beads.For anyone suffering the embarrassment of a missing front tooth this is an absolute godsend and well worth fiddling about till you get it right.Hope this was useful to anyone else in the same boat.