The hot new fang

Twilight fans are sinking their teeth into the finale of the hit franchise, and chewing through their savings to do it!

Ditch those plastic fangs from the $2 shop for the final instalment of the Twilight series, out now at Australian movie theatres. The hottest new Twihard accessory for viewings of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 are “life-like” vampire veneers fitted to your own canine teeth.

“Every year I put them on for Halloween,” says Sydney’s dentist to the stars Dr David Carr, who has tailored hundreds of Halloween fangs over the years. Lara Bingle even got a pair two years ago. But Dr Carr says the hysteria surrounding the movie has seen unprecedented interest in the procedure.

“Many patients are now saying they don’t want to take them off because of the movie,” says Dr Carr, who takes Twihards like 15-year-old Milana Touaeva from human to creepily undead in as little as an hour.

The vampire veneers are not cheap – they cost between $500 and $1000 a pair depending on the material used – but the effect is scarily real. “All my friends are very jealous,” beams Milana. “They feel like my own teeth. They’re so comfortable. I can’t wait to turn up to the movie wearing these.” But they come with a warning… “Your boyfriend’s going to have puncture marks in his neck,” says Dr Carr. “I can see it coming.”