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{{quote|''"Boys, would you take a look-see at these pearly whites! Hell, I ain't seen teeth that straight that warn't store-bought."''
|'''Buford Tannen'''{{'}}s henchman, ''[[Back to the Future (film)|Back to the Future Part III]]''}}
Characters in nearly all media are portrayed as having pretty, white teeth, with nary a hint of any kind of tooth decay whatsoever. This makes plenty of sense in the right context—TV personalities, for example, are heavily made-up, so of course their teeth are going to look pretty. The same goes for anyone thoroughly obsessed with personal vanity. Even stretching plausible deniability, there are perfectly normal people in the world who have never had a cavity. Expect variance in the shade of white: American media tends to go for striking white, whereas in some other places the look is considered "Yankee-ish" or even unappealing, and teeth depicted will be a more modest shade of pearly.
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See also [[British Teeth]].
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== Advertising ==
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* ''[[Civilization|Civilization III]]'': Inverted in the leader pics. Genghis Khan has ''hideously'' bad teeth—even in the modern era, when logically even the Mongols ought to have reasonable dental hygeine.
* Averted in ''[[Dragon Age]]''—every single character in the game (including your own), be they a human, an elf, or a dwarf, has stained yellow-brown teeth. Although the game takes place in a fantasy universe, this is very appropriate considering it parallels medieval Europe. Played completely straight in the sequel. Everyone has perfect white teeth.
* M. Bison, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Street Fighter]]''. When he appears in modern games with better graphics, always has a gleaming smile; clearly, even villains in Fighting Games know the benefits of never forgetting to brush.
* Wario has ''never'' had a cavity in his life! Says so [https://warioforums.com/media/wario-schematics.768/ on this chart] included with the instruction booklet for ''[[Wario World]]''.
== Web Original ==
* The narrator of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=RVMITuSq9H8 this video], detailing the Atomies (a Fey race in ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'') claims he once asked the little fairies how they managed to maintain such perfect teeth despite frequently eating honey and nectar while having no access to modern dental hygiene. They told him to try chewing tree gum, though he figures they were trying to mess with his head.
== Western Animation ==
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