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My canine teeth are really blunt, how much is it to have them filed? (photo)

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Tae JylesApr 16, 2014
I know this is wrong and I regret it so much, but when I was younger I hated how my canine teeth sticked out so I came up with the brilliant idea to file them down with a metal nail file and now they're blunt! Btw it doesn't effect the way I eat, i simply just want them to be sharper. Thanks

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