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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / February 200860 Minutes interview, Hillary's dark #9 incisor ?
This past Sunday while watching 60 Minutes on CBS, I couldn't help but focus on Hillary Clinton's # 9 central incisor. Now to be fair, I wasn't sure what I was seeing or if others were seeing the same thing. The reason is that the TV set I was viewing was a older cheap 13 inch model with rabbit ears and I live in a valley where we often get ghost images and other poor reception. Now all that, TV performance aside, I kept getting the image of her # 9 tooth being VERY much darker than # 8. I couldn't imagine this could be so obvious and her not having had something done to it previously. Was I just getting bad reception or was the lighting on 60 Minutes just showing it in very bad way? I don't seem to recall ever seeing it look so bad. I kept getting a very dark image of it compared to # 8. Personally having a crown in my # 9 and a natural # 10, I have seen them show a sharper contrast under certain lighting. Other times they look OK, although never perfect. On my set this past Sunday, her # 9 looked so dark that it almost gave the impression of it being a dead discolored tooth, however I believe it is just a natural vital tooth next to a lighter crown on number 8 Let me link you to a Photoshop discussion site or page that instructs one on how to make the teeth look better in photos... On this site you see Hillary in the original and then various touch ups. While darker in the original photo on this site, it still doesn't look as poor as what I saw (on my set) on 60 Minutes. http://www.photocolorcorrection.com/whiteteeth/hillaryclinton.html I couldn't take my eyes off the "dark" tooth. Anyone else have that problem? How many votes will she lose because of her teeth? > This past Sunday while watching 60 Minutes on CBS, I couldn't help > but focus on Hillary Clinton's # 9 central incisor. [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > Anyone else have that problem? How many votes will she lose because > of her teeth? I hadn't noticed that before, and it is possible that many of the photos I've seen have been photoshopped. In the photo at left, it appears that the right central and lateral incisors, as well as the left first molar, have PFM crowns. They are not only too white but also very opaque. You can see the gingival margin of the crown on #8 exposed. The color differential would be lessened by vital bleaching of the darker teeth, but it's not likely to eliminate the difference in color. On the plus side, her gingival tone looks OK. Seriously, even dentists would rate this rather low in importance as an issue. Steve  SignatureMark & Steven Bornfeld DDS http://www.dentaltwins.com Brooklyn, NY 718-258-5001 On Feb 12, 6:51 am, Mark & Steven Bornfeld <bornfeldm...@dentaltwins.com> wrote: > Seriously, even dentists would rate this rather low in importance as an > issue. You are probably correct in most areas of the nation, for most patients, but you'd find a completely different opinion if you dealt with patients in the Los Angeles area who made their living appearing on television. Like it or not, most of us get our impression of presidential candidates on television. Once I noticed this color differential in # 8 and # 9, it kept appearing more and more. Like someone with spinach between the two front teeth. Now, I wish you could have seen the 60 Minutes piece because there was something about the lighting that caught the teeth in such a way that # 9 appeared non-vital and suffering from internal stains. You know, typical dead tooth but with a tinge of brown instead of just gray. I'm guessing it was actually the contrast you noted and that the adjacent crowns just reflected the light to a far greater degree than # 9. Perhaps you didn't see the interview Sunday. Here is the link. I have a low speed dialup connection so I can't see what it looks like over the internet as opposed to the broadcast version. Take a look and tell me what you think. http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/60minutes/main3415.shtml > You are probably correct in most areas of the nation, for most > patients, but you'd find a completely different opinion if you dealt [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/60minutes/main3415.shtml You're right, the color discrepency looks obvious. However, I think it is being exaggerated by the camera and lighting angle, which appears to reflect off the PFM crown on #8. When taking shades for crowns, they tell you to take it in natural light (we were told north light at 11 AM. But you're not going to be in north light all day long. Back in the disco days there was a lot of black lights in the clubs, and the fluorescent qualities of dental restorations led to some rather amusing affects. I'm not really concerned about Hillary's dental health. There's enough discussion about her hair and her cleavage episode. Steve SignatureMark & Steven Bornfeld DDS http://www.dentaltwins.com Brooklyn, NY 718-258-5001 I think I've seen way too much of Hillary already. Considering her obvious efforts to improve her appearance, it is surprising that she didn't put much effort into her smile. D > Take a look and tell me what you think. >> This past Sunday while watching 60 Minutes on CBS, I couldn't help >> but focus on Hillary Clinton's # 9 central incisor. >> I couldn't take my eyes off the "dark" tooth. >> Anyone else have that problem? How many votes will she lose because >> of her teeth? > Seriously, even dentists would rate this rather low in importance as > an issue. Ah, so you don't care who is elected president? >>> This past Sunday while watching 60 Minutes on CBS, I couldn't help >>> but focus on Hillary Clinton's # 9 central incisor. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Ah, so you don't care who is elected president? Ah Matt--not to verbify a noun, but don't try to troll me. Steve SignatureMark & Steven Bornfeld DDS http://www.dentaltwins.com Brooklyn, NY 718-258-5001 >>>> This past Sunday while watching 60 Minutes on CBS, I couldn't help >>>> but focus on Hillary Clinton's # 9 central incisor. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Ah Matt--not to verbify a noun, but don't try to troll me. I have little to no intention to draw you into a political discussion, if that's what you mean. I am going to write in Henry Eckstein. My favorite dentist from Oklahoma. Signature/ Amatus / >>> This past Sunday while watching 60 Minutes on CBS, I couldn't help >>> but focus on Hillary Clinton's # 9 central incisor. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Ah, so you don't care who is elected president? >I am going to write in Henry Eckstein. My favorite dentist from Oklahoma. I will join you in that. So far, I don't see a candidate from either party who is worth voting for. Vaughn Vaughn S. from Florida. I could write in his name :-) You can't write in my name. US Constitution forbids me to be President. Signature/ Amatus / > >>I am going to write in Henry Eckstein. My favorite dentist from Oklahoma. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Vaughn > Vaughn S. from Florida. I could write in his name :-) > > You can't write in my name. US Constitution forbids me to be President. True, but there is nothing in the Constitution that forbids me to write in your name on by ballot (or touch-screen or whatever). By the way, there is one President, Chester Arthur, who is suspected by some historians of actually being a Canadian. Since this thread is off topic anyhow, I may as well take advantage of it to announce that I became a grandfather for the second time just less than an hour ago. Break out the virtual stogies! Vaughn >> Vaughn S. from Florida. I could write in his name :-) >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Vaughn Mazel tov! Steve Huge congratulations and hugs. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Signature/ Amatus / > >> Vaughn S. from Florida. I could write in his name :-) [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Vaughn That must be why I just couldn't sleep!!! Finally, I got up, made some tea ... and checked in here to see what's going on in "the world". Congratulations!!!! (In such an obscure place within an obscure place, we find announcements of the greatest sort!!) Webby > Huge congratulations and hugs. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > > > Vaughn > That must be why I just couldn't sleep!!! Finally, I got up, made some > tea ... and checked in here to see what's going on in "the world". > Congratulations!!!! (In such an obscure place within an obscure place, > we find announcements of the greatest sort!!) You can run, but you can't hide from the Webby. Vaughn In article <sbJsj.222604$MJ6.173179@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, > > That must be why I just couldn't sleep!!! Finally, I got up, made some > > tea ... and checked in here to see what's going on in "the world". [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Vaughn ;-) Webby Only kind I smoke. Best wishes to all. D Break out the virtual stogies! > Vaughn >> You can't write in my name. US Constitution forbids me to be President. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Vaughn Congrats Gramps, got a new one on the way myself ! >>> You can't write in my name. US Constitution forbids me to be President. >> True, but there is nothing in the Constitution that forbids me to write in [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Congrats Gramps, got a new one on the way myself ! Grandchild? Steve SignatureMark & Steven Bornfeld DDS http://www.dentaltwins.com Brooklyn, NY 718-258-5001 >>> Since this thread is off topic anyhow, I may as well take advantage of it to >>> announce that I became a grandfather for the second time just less than an hour [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Steve Yes, #6 actually. Oldest is 15 and youngest so far is 4. > Yes, #6 actually. > > Oldest is 15 and youngest so far is 4. Pretty impressive Gramps. Vaughn The winner is often the one who is least voted against. Dems got some trouble there. D >>I am going to write in Henry Eckstein. My favorite dentist from Oklahoma. > > I will join you in that. So far, I don't see a candidate from either party > who is worth voting for. > > Vaughn > The winner is often the one who is least voted against. Dems got some > trouble there. So do the Repubs. How could I possibly vote for someone who still (after all that has happened) thinks that Iraq was a good idea and that we should "stay the course"? On the other hand, how could I possibly vote for someone who calls himself (or herself) a democrat, yet thinks it is perfectly OK to disenfranchise two entire states from the primary process? If they are willing to slap millions of citizens in the face while they are running for office, what would they be willing do do once they are IN office? I don't want to find out. Therefore, I won't be voting for any Democrats for President this year. Point well taken. It would appear that an electable moderate would be the overwhelming favorite if the real America would just stand up. The liberal left and righteous right are both offensive to many of us. Sorry for getting political. I'll not continue the thread. D > So do the Repubs. How could I possibly vote for someone who still (after all > that has happened) thinks that Iraq was a good idea and that we should "stay the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > willing do do once they are IN office? I don't want to find out. Therefore, I > won't be voting for any Democrats for President this year. > This past Sunday while watching 60 Minutes on CBS, I couldn't help > but focus on Hillary Clinton's # 9 central incisor. > Let me link you to a Photoshop discussion site or page that instructs > one on how to make the teeth look better in photos... On this site [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > http://www.photocolorcorrection.com/whiteteeth/hillaryclinton.html Curious how you got from 60 Minutes to that website. |
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