“My self-esteem has really dropped, and I feel shy talking to people,” wrote a Reddit user on the R/DentistPh subreddit. The post title: “Smelly Veneers.”

The anonymous poster sought help with a problem that’s received increasing attention on social media: the phenomenon of breath unique to those with artificial teeth coverings, colloquially known as “veneer breath.”

On TikTok, user @jelks spoke about visiting Los Angeles and being “punched in the face by air” upon interacting with someone who had veneers. Quickly, commenters chimed in about their own experiences with the strange symptom.

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