Pageant flippers are false front teeth used by children in beauty pageants to hide imperfections in their front teeth. They are individually made and can be expensive, but are important for presenting a perfect smile. Some people object to their use, but they are common in glitz competitions.
Pageant flippers are the false front teeth worn by children who compete in beauty pageants. They are normally used only while the child is on stage. The purpose of a flipper is to hide any imperfections in a child’s front teeth, so that the smile he or she presents to the judges is free of crooked teeth and gaps. Not all types of contests require or even allow the use of fins, but for those that do, they can be very important.
Since many children who compete in beauty pageants are at the age where tooth loss is common, pageant fins are a way to temporarily cover the gaps for the child to present a perfect smile. The fins must be made individually and can be quite expensive. To make a fin, a child first has to have an impression of their teeth. This is usually done with a kit that can be mailed to the child’s home so the parents can take the impression and then mail the kit to the lab.
Various labs create contest flippers, and both the time it takes and the quality of the work can vary greatly from lab to lab. New contestants can ask other parents for lab recommendations to avoid spending money on low-quality fins. Once the lab has received the impressions of the child’s teeth, it usually takes about two weeks to receive the completed flap. It is important that the fins are made in advance; If they don’t fit correctly, the teeth can fall out of the child’s mouth during competition. The size should also be checked to make sure the teeth don’t look too big or too small for the child’s mouth.
Some people object to the use of show fins, claiming that the teeth look unreal and make young children look strange or unnatural. For people who don’t like contest fins, but would like to see their children compete, natural contests may be a more suitable option. These contests generally do not require the use of fins, and in many cases specifically prohibit them.
Parents who want to see their children compete in the very fancy glitz competitions should agree to the use of contest fins. It is very rare for a child to participate in such competitions without the use of these false teeth, and it is even rarer for a child without them to do well. Most of the people who compete tend to consider the pageant fins as part of the makeup and nothing more.
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