DIY beauty hacks are common on TikTok, and while most are pretty harmless, a new trend of filing your teeth with a nail file has dentists concerned. One of the latest beauty tricks users are sharing ...

Thought using bleach to whiten teeth was harebrained? Amateur TikTok cosmeticians are now remodeling their crooked chompers with nail files in a viral trend that dentists are dubbing damaging and dumb ...

With more and more people turning to TikTok as a primary source of health information, a variety of health-related trends and challenges have taken off in recent years. While some can be beneficial – ...

Hair flossing, tooth gems and teeth filing: These DIY dental trends on TikTok are giving dentists a toothache. Tooth gems may be stylish, but they will attract bacteria, increasing the risk of ...

#DIYdentist has 2.6 million views, with ‘advice’ ranging from cementing gems to filing your teeth Watch enough TikTok videos and you’re sure to see one extolling a special kind of do-it-yourself ...

TikTok has made some really important contributions to society. The Savage dance challenge helped a lot of people get through early pandemic days. Unfortunately, not all influences are created equal, ...

These were popular beauty trends you might want to avoid. A 2020 social media craze of filing teeth down with standard nail files had dentists cringing. In 2016, people used homemade charcoal beauty ...

Arosha Weerakoon is a member of the Australian Dental Association and Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons. She is the Deputy Chair of the Country to Coast Queensland Clinical ...

Watch enough TikTok videos and you’re sure to see one extolling a special kind of do-it-yourself dentistry. Not about brushing and flossing, except maybe flossing with strands of your hair. These are ...