Even if you aren’t on TikTok, odds are someone close to you spends too much time on the smartphone app each day watching short videos. It’s an insanely popular social media platform with over 850 million users worldwide, serving as the home to many emerging video trends. Some have even made headlines, but not for the reasons you might think. Dentists are sounding the alarm on one of the latest dental TikTok trends – the “Veneers Check” challenge – claiming it’s highly misleading and encouraging people to make irreversible mistakes. Learn more about this prime example of dangerous dental trends in Lakewood from your dentist.
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