CallaFirestormBW
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ORIGINAL: DesFIP Second thoughts on this. I'm sure it's a fake or fantasy profile because unless they do it themselves with a pair of pliers, it isn't going to happen. No dentist would agree to remove healthy teeth, ever. They'd lose their license for that. Stuff that seems so extreme like this usually isn't real. In fact I'd go as far as saying not one in ten thousand is real. Um... this is not true. Cosmetic dentistry allows the removal of healthy teeth and the placement of cosmetic implants. Unless someone charges malpractice and it can be proven, a cosmetic dentist will not lose his license, and he certainly cannot lose his license simply for removing teeth in a safe, sanitary, manner. Dentists at the hospital at which I work do cosmetic procedures all the time, removing healthy teeth to facilitate other types of maxillofacial cosmetic procedures or to alleviate pain. Actors and actresses occasionally choose to have one or more healthy teeth removed and replaced with implants in order to correct appearance issues surrounding their mouths and jawlines. I also had a personal friend have healthy teeth removed to have custom-designed 'vampire' implants put in, and replacement of one or more permanent teeth is not uhneard-of for other body modification practitioners. I'd be happy to share links to pictures of actual human beings who have had their teeth removed and implants done for purely cosmetic/personal/social reasons, if you like. Not every dentist will do these procedures. Insurance won't cover them. However, they can be done without jeopardizing the doctor's license (whether xhe feels it is appropriate to do them ethically is another matter entirely, and that, combined with the doctor's concerns about 'buyer's remorse', especially from post-operative pain, which I've heard can be extreme, and an ensuing lawsuit -- which would cost him money but wouldn't cause his license to be suspended unless he could be proven to have committed malpractice -- may contribute to the small number of cosmetic dentists willing to do body-modification-style extractions or implants). Calla Firestorm
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