Dakota Johnson explains what happened to her missing tooth gap

The mystery is solved.
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Dakota Johnson explains what happened to her missing tooth gap
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Stow away your theories and hunches, the mystery of the missing tooth gap has been solved.

ICYMI, Dakota Johnson's teeth have made the headlines lately, with many asking the question: Where did the gap go?

Now we finally know the truth. Johnson explained the gap's whereabouts to Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday's edition of The Tonight Show.

"I had a permanent retainer since I was 13 and it was just glued to the back of my teeth," she began. "I was having a lot of neck problems recently so my orthodontist decided it would be a good idea to take it off and see if my jaw expanded and it helped me."

Once her retainer was removed, her tooth gap closed by itself.

"I'm sad about my gap tooth too so I'd really appreciate some privacy at this time," Johnson said.

"I have to deal with a whole new world of problems, getting food stuck in my tooth," she added. "'Cause before it would just slide right through."

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Rachel Thompson
Features Editor

Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.

A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.

Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.


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